Nixon White House TapesTape 284 › Conversation 284-013

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Ray Price

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 4:39 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation284-013 on Tape 284 (tape position 01:09:40–01:10:00)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 4:39 PMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 4:39 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 284-013 ↗

President Nixon summoned a White House operator to his office in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief administrative interaction. While the transcript remains largely undefined, the President issued a directive to accompany him while making a brief reference regarding speechwriter Ray Price. This meeting serves primarily as an instance of routine staff coordination within the executive workspace.

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On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 284-013 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 284-13

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 4:39 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 10-95]
  • 010-095 4:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:00 pm.
  • 284-010 4:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:00 pm.
  • 284-011 4:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 4:05 pm.
  • 284-012 4:06 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:06 pm to 4:30 pm.
  • 284-014 4:40 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Safire, White House operator, John B. Connally, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 010-096 5:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:16 pm.
  • 010-097 5:16 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:16 pm to 5:18 pm.
  • 010-098 5:18 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 5:18 pm to 5:19 pm.

Conversation 284-013, 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/284-013 (accessed September 18, 2026).