Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 286 › Conversation 286-009
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings
Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 6:10 PM–7:11 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a private meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with an unidentified individual. Given the lack of a transcript and the absence of specific recorded details, the substance of their discussion remains classified or undocumented. Consequently, no specific policy decisions or action items can be attributed to this particular encounter.
Audio
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Position in tape: 00:57:53 – 00:59:35
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NARA Description
On October 7, 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 6:10 pm and 7:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 286-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 286-9
Date: October 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:10 pm and 7:11 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown person.
Entry
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 7:11 pm.Also recorded on October 7, 1971
- 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.
- 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.
- 011-004 5:50 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 8:11 pm.
- 286-007 6:10 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 7:11 pm.
- 286-008 6:10 PM · 28 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 6:10 pm and 7:11 pm.
- 286-010 6:10 PM · 21 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 6:10 pm and 7:11 pm.
- 286-011 6:10 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 7:11 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 286-009, 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/286-009 (accessed October 6, 2026).