Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 281 › Conversation 281-024
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 10:52 AM–10:55 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief exchange. The recording contains segments in Welsh, including repeated phrases regarding a lack of work, which do not correspond to standard administrative proceedings or substantive policy discussions. Due to the presence of withdrawn material and the cryptic nature of the transcript, no official business or policy decisions can be verified from this interaction.
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Position in tape: 01:38:25 – 01:39:53
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NARA Description
On October 21, 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 10:52 am and 10:55 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 281-24 Date: October 21, 1971 Time: Unknown between 10:52 am and 10:55 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown person. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:55 am.
Also recorded on October 21, 1971
- 281-014 10:30 AM · 18 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 10:30 am and 10:51 am.
- 012-033 10:51 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 10:51 am to 10:52 am.
- 281-023 10:51 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:51 am to 10:52 am.
- 012-034 10:52 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 10:52 am to 11:04 am.
- 012-035 10:52 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:52 am and 11:04 am.
- 281-025 10:52 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:52 am and 10:55 am.
- 281-026 10:55 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John B. Connally, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:55 am to 11:40 am.
- 012-036 11:04 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 11:04 am to 11:14 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 281-024, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).