Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 281 › Conversation 281-050
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 5:42 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief session with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic communication. This interaction served an administrative purpose, likely connecting the President to an external party or official. No further record of the specific discussion content exists, as the call served primarily as an operational bridge for executive scheduling or correspondence.
Audio
part C, 7:26
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 04:12:27 to 04:12:41 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.
NARA Description
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-050 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 281-50 Date: October 21, 1971 Time: 5:42 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 12-49]
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also recorded on October 21, 1971
- 012-049 5:42 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:42 pm.
- 012-050 5:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:42 pm to 5:43 pm.
- 281-051 5:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:42 pm to 5:43 pm.
- 281-052 5:43 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm.
- 281-053 5:43 PM · 12 sec — 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 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm.
- 281-054 5:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm.
- 281-055 5:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:55 pm.
- 012-051 5:52 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:52 pm to 5:53 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 281-050, 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/281-050 (accessed November 12, 2026).