Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 284 › Conversation 284-006

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House recording…

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 3:15 PM–3:41 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation284-006 onTape 284 (tape position 00:25:46–00:29:51)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 3:15 PMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 3:41 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 284-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unknown individual to coordinate the technical execution of a recording or playback session. The discussion focused on precise adjustments to technical settings, equipment positioning, and confirming the status of specific media segments. The participants successfully aligned on the necessary configurations for their task.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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26:02Why don't you try, uh... Or the other time, either kind.
26:06Okay.
26:08No, it didn't come down.
26:27We did it.
26:28Good.
26:30We're going to put both of those.
26:52Broke his bat on the inside pitch, and Gaylord's not going to extend himself.
26:58And that's the second one.
27:02Yeah.
27:03That's down.
27:04That's down a whole lot.
27:05I know the right hand hit it.
27:08Right.
27:08That's good.
27:09Good.
27:10That was Mary Perry, and Gaylord did all he could do to get out of the way of the ball as it hit him on the pitch.
27:19That's down a little bit.
27:22That's good.
27:23They can't play it out.
27:25Go over 6.1 before it goes down the side.
27:31The right direction.
27:34Good.
27:35Right.
27:37Good.
27:37Good.

NARA Description

On October 6, 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 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 284-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 284-6

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

     The President's schedule

Also recorded on October 6, 1971

  • 010-091 3:12 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:12 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 284-002 3:12 PM · 1 min — 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 3:12 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 010-092 3:14 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 3:14 pm to 3:15 pm.
  • 284-003 3:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:14 pm to 3:15 pm.
  • 284-004 3:15 PM · 7 min — 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 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 284-005 3:15 PM · 13 min — 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 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 284-007 3:15 PM · 1 min — 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 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 284-008 3:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 284-006, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/284-006 (accessed September 18, 2026).