Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 281 › Conversation 281-057

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 5:55 PM–6:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation281-057 on Tape 281 (tape position 04:31:03–04:31:51)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 5:55 PMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 6:08 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 281-057 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate a communication connection. The exchange appears to be a routine logistical arrangement for the President to initiate a telephone call. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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4:31:03Roedd yn ymgymryd â'r brifysgol Stanfrae yn 1948.
4:31:04Roedd yn ymgymryd yn y clas yn yr ysgol llaw ym Mhrifysgol Stanfrae yn 1952.
4:31:08Roedd yn rhan o'r un o'r anoddau mwyaf y gallai myfyrwyr llaw gael eu cyflawni.
4:31:13Roedd yn cael ei ddewis fel rhan o'r llaw i'r Prifysgol Robert Jackson, un o'r aelodau mwyaf allweddol o'r Cwm yn y pen draw.
4:31:22Yn y sefyllfa hwn, roedd yn ymgymryd â chyngor llaw i'r Prifysgol ac roedd ei ddyluniau yn cynnwys ymchwil llaw o'r anodd mwyaf.
4:31:31ar wleidydd y llyfrgell, yn ymgysylltiedig â'r ymarfer cyffredinol o 16 mlynedd yn Arizona, i 1969, pan es i'n ymgynghori â'r Swyddog Ymgynghori Genedlaethol Cymru.
4:31:42Mae'r Cyngor Lleol yn ffynciol arbennig iawn yn yr Adran Gwleidydd, yn gweithio fel cyfrifiadwr cyntaf o'r Constiwn a'i statud i'r USA.

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 an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-057 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 281-57

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:55 pm and 6:08 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 12-52]

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.
  • 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.
  • 012-052 5:53 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:53 pm and 6:08 pm.
  • 281-056 5:55 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:08 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 281-057, 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/281-057 (accessed September 28, 2026).