Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 281 › Conversation 281-045

Nixon & Moore on Administrative coordination

Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 3:53 PM–3:54 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Moore, Richard A.Conversation281-045 on Tape 281 (tape position 03:17:19–03:18:45)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 3:53 PMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 3:54 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 281-045 ↗

President Nixon met with Richard A. Moore for a brief discussion regarding ongoing administrative or political matters. Although the recording is extremely short and lacks a formal transcript, the meeting serves as a point of contact between the President and his aide during a period of intense White House activity. No specific policy shifts or major directives were recorded during this one-minute interaction.

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On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:53 pm to 3:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-045 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 281-45

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 3:53 pm - 3:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Richard A. Moore.

[See Conversation No. 12-42]
  • 012-042 3:53 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 3:53 pm to 3:54 pm.
  • 012-043 3:54 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm.
  • 012-044 3:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm.
  • 281-046 3:54 PM · 20 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 3:54 pm and 3:55 pm.
  • 281-047 3:55 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:25 pm.
  • 012-045 3:58 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 3:58 pm to 3:59 pm.
  • 012-046 3:59 PM · 11 sec — Rose Mary Woods and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm.
  • 012-047 3:59 PM · 48 sec — Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), Marjorie P. Acker, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm.

Conversation 281-045, 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/281-045 (accessed September 28, 2026).