Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 286 › Conversation 286-001
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Economic Policy and Inflation
Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 5:10 PM–5:36 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 min
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with his staff to rehearse and refine a nationally broadcast speech regarding the second phase of his New Economic Policy. The discussion focused on strategies to combat inflation and unemployment, specifically outlining the transition from a 90-day wage and price freeze to a new, more flexible regulatory framework. Nixon emphasized the need for bipartisan support and public cooperation to ensure the success of these economic stabilization programs as the administration prepared to roll out its long-term strategy.
- Economic Policy
- Inflation
- Unemployment
- Wage and Price Controls
- Economic Stabilization Act
- Public Speaking
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NARA Description
On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:36 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 286-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 286-1 Date: October 7, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:10 pm and 5:36 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President rehearsed a speech. [A transcript of the final broadcast of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents, Richard M. Nixon, 1971, pp. 1022-1026]
Also recorded on October 7, 1971
- 078-005 4:52 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:52 pm on October 7, 1971 and 12:01 pm on October 12, 1971.
- 286-003 5:10 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:36 pm.
- 286-004 5:10 PM · 14 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 5:10 pm and 5:36 pm.
- 011-001 5:36 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:36 pm.
- 011-002 5:36 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:36 pm and 5:49 pm.
- 286-005 5:36 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:36 pm.
- 286-006 5:36 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:36 pm to 6:10 pm.
- 011-003 5:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 286-001, 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/286-001 (accessed October 6, 2026).