Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 288 › Conversation 288-020

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Executive office…

Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 10:32 AM–11:22 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation288-020 on Tape 288 (tape position 01:25:35–01:26:50)StartTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 10:32 AMEndTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 11:22 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 288-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unknown individual in the Old Executive Office Building to address a request for a telephone call. The nature of the request and the identity of the visitor remain unidentified due to the lack of available transcripts or supplementary documentation. No specific policy decisions or significant administrative actions were recorded during this brief interaction.

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NARA Description

On October 12, 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 10:32 am and 11:22 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 288-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 288-20

Date: October 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:32 am and 11:22 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

     Request for telephone call by unknown person

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Yeah.
Call me.

Also recorded on October 12, 1971

  • 011-058 10:16 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:31 am.
  • 288-014 10:16 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:31 am.
  • 288-015 10:16 AM · 17 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 10:16 am and 10:31 am.
  • 288-016 10:16 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:16 am to 10:31 am.
  • 011-059 10:31 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 10:31 am to 10:32 am.
  • 288-017 10:32 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:32 am and 11:19 am.
  • 288-018 10:32 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:32 am and 11:19 am.
  • 288-019 10:32 AM · 20 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 10:32 am and 11:22 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 288-020, 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/288-020 (accessed November 1, 2026).