Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 280 › Conversation 280-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office

Thursday, September 23, 1971 · 10:35 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation280-004 on Tape 280 (tape position 00:52:49–00:57:54)StartThursday, September 23, 1971 at 10:35 AMEndThursday, September 23, 1971 at 10:35 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 280-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.

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Oh, there's a cannon, please.

NARA Description

On September 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:35 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 280-4

Date: September 23, 1971
Time: 10:35 am

Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 9-138]

Also recorded on September 23, 1971

  • 280-003 10:01 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:01 am to 10:35 am.
  • 009-138 10:35 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:35 am.
  • 009-139 10:35 AM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 10:35 am to 10:38 am.
  • 280-005 10:35 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:35 am to 10:38 am.
  • 280-006 10:38 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:38 am and 11:15 am.
  • 280-007 10:38 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:38 am and 11:15 am.
  • 280-008 10:38 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:38 am and 11:15 am.
  • 280-009 11:15 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:15 am to 11:16 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 280-004, September 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/280-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).