Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 288 › Conversation 288-010
Nixon & Buchanan on James Hodgson and Labor relations
Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 9:19 AM–9:20 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 48 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan briefly discussed an ongoing meeting involving Secretary of Labor James Hodgson and an unidentified individual. Nixon indicated that a pending decision or response would be delayed until the conclusion of these talks. The brief exchange served to coordinate strategy and manage expectations regarding the outcome of those discussions.
- James Hodgson
- Labor relations
- White House administration
- Decision making
- Executive coordination
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Position in tape: 00:20:30 – 00:21:32
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NARA Description
On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:19 am to 9:20 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 288-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 288-10 Date: October 12, 1971 Time: 9:19 am - 9:20 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan. [See Conversation No. 11-51]
Also recorded on October 12, 1971
- 011-050 8:46 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 9:19 am.
- 288-008 8:46 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 9:19 am.
- 288-009 8:46 AM · 10 sec — 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 8:46 am and 9:19 am.
- 011-051 9:19 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 9:19 am to 9:20 am.
- 011-052 9:20 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 9:58 am.
- 011-053 9:20 AM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger and George Meany talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 9:58 am.
- 011-054 9:20 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 9:58 am.
- 288-011 9:20 AM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Patrick J. Buchanan, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, George Meany, Stephen B. Bull, and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:04 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 288-010, October 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/288-010 (accessed October 12, 2026).