Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 284 › Conversation 284-020
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 8:00 PM–8:39 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss matters that remain obscured due to the lack of an available transcript. The interaction lasted for approximately 39 minutes, during which a brief segment was withdrawn from the record. No specific policy developments or decisions can be confirmed from the existing historical documentation for this meeting.
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Position in tape: 02:10:59 – 02:18:23
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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 8:00 pm and 8:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 284-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 284-20 Date: October 6, 1971 Time: Unknown time between 8:00 pm and 8:39 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 **********************************************************************
Also recorded on October 7, 1971
- 010-102 8:00 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:00 pm.
- 010-103 8:00 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:00 pm and 8:39 pm.
- 284-018 8:00 PM · 2 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 8:00 pm and 8:39 pm.
- 284-019 8:00 PM · 8 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 8:00 pm and 8:39 pm.
- 010-104 8:39 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 8:39 pm to 8:40 pm.
- 284-021 8:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:39 pm to 8:40 pm.
- 284-022 8:40 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Safire, and Nellie L. Yates met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:40 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 010-105 8:54 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Nellie L. Yates talked on the telephone from 8:54 pm to 8:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 284-020, October 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/284-020 (accessed October 6, 2026).