Conversation 281-065

TapeTape 281StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 6:45 PMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 7:05 PMTape start time04:57:30Tape end time04:58:04ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate preparations for an upcoming presidential address. The discussion centered on lighting requirements and logistical arrangements necessary to optimize the broadcast quality of the event. No major policy decisions were reached, as the conversation focused exclusively on technical stagecraft for the speech.

Public relationsSpeech preparationLogisticsTelevision broadcastWhite House operations

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NARA Description

On October 21, 1971, 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 6:45 pm and 7:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-065 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 281-65

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:45 pm and 7:05 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman ?].

     Lights for speech

Transcript

No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.

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