Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 282 › Conversation 282-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Document delivery

Wednesday, October 20, 1971 · 12:30 PM–2:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation282-001 on Tape 282 (tape position 00:01:31–00:02:51)StartWednesday, October 20, 1971 at 12:30 PMEndWednesday, October 20, 1971 at 2:23 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 282-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417184827 ↗

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On October 20, 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 12:30 pm and 2:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 282-1

Date: October 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 2:23 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

     Delivery of something

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:23 pm.

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Yeah, right.
That's fine.
  • 597-004 12:20 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 282-002 12:30 PM · 22 sec — 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 12:30 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 282-003 12:30 PM · 5 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 12:30 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 282-004 12:30 PM · 27 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 12:30 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 282-005 12:30 PM · 6 min — 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 12:30 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 282-006 12:30 PM · 10 sec — 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 12:30 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 282-007 12:30 PM · 7 sec — 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 12:30 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 597-005 12:30 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 11:59 pm.

Conversation 282-001, October 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417184827). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/282-001 (accessed November 12, 2026).