Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 280 › Conversation 280-022

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Record keeping

Thursday, September 23, 1971 · 3:31 PM–4:09 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation280-022 on Tape 280 (tape position 02:44:44–02:45:12)StartThursday, September 23, 1971 at 3:31 PMEndThursday, September 23, 1971 at 4:09 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 280-022 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417184537 ↗

A 6-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On September 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 280-22

Date: September 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:31 pm and 4:09 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/17/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[280-022-w001]
[Duration: 5s]

       Request
             -Punch [?]

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:09 pm.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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  • 280-020 2:42 PM · 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 2:42 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 280-021 3:30 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:31 pm.
  • 280-023 3:31 PM · 7 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 3:31 pm and 4:09 pm.
  • 280-024 3:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:31 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 009-142 4:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:09 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 280-025 4:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:09 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 280-026 4:13 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:40 pm.

Conversation 280-022, September 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417184537). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/280-022 (accessed November 2, 2026).