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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation281-024 on Tape 281 (tape position 01:38:25–01:39:53)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 10:52 AMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 10:55 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 281-024 ↗

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 Due to the presence of withdrawn material and the cryptic nature of the transcript, no official business or policy decisions can be verified from this interaction.

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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.

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.

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[Duration: 8s ]

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Unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:55 am.
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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).