Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 282 › Conversation 282-024

Nixon & Moore

Wednesday, October 20, 1971 · 4:20 PM–4:21 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Moore, Richard A.Conversation282-024 on Tape 282 (tape position 01:24:19–01:24:45)StartWednesday, October 20, 1971 at 4:20 PMEndWednesday, October 20, 1971 at 4:21 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 282-024 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417184873 ↗

A 12-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:20 pm to 4:21 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-024 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 282-24

Date: October 20, 1971
Time: 4:20 pm - 4:21 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Richard A. Moore.

[See Conversation No. 12-11]

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John.
Hey, Dick.
Are you in the U.B.?
Do you want to drop down to my office here?
  • 012-009 4:13 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:18 pm.
  • 282-022 4:13 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:13 pm to 4:18 pm.
  • 012-010 4:18 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:18 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 282-023 4:18 PM · 8 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 4:18 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 012-011 4:20 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 4:20 pm to 4:21 pm.
  • 012-012 4:21 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:21 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 282-025 4:21 PM · 34 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 4:21 pm and 4:23 pm.
  • 282-026 4:23 PM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, White House operator, John N. Mitchell, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:23 pm to 5:16 pm.

Conversation 282-024, October 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417184873). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/282-024 (accessed November 12, 2026).