Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 290 › Conversation 290-001
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Withdrawn Material
Sunday, October 17, 1971 · 5:46 PM–6:09 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with an unidentified individual, though the substantive content of this discussion remains unavailable. The recorded segment is largely comprised of a seven-second withdrawn item, precluding any analysis of topics or decisions made. Due to the lack of a transcript or verifiable context, the specific purpose and outcome of this interaction remain unknown to researchers.
Audio
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Position in tape: 00:00:41 – 00:01:40
1:18
NARA Description
On October 17, 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 5:46 pm and 6:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 290-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 290-1 Date: October 17, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:46 pm and 6:09 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown person. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 7s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:09 pm.
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also recorded on October 17, 1971
- 290-002 5:46 PM · 36 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 5:46 pm and 5:52 pm.
- 011-103 5:52 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 5:52 pm to 6:09 pm.
- 290-003 5:52 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:52 pm and 6:09 pm.
- 011-104 6:09 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 6:09 pm to 6:13 pm.
- 290-004 6:09 PM · 24 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 6:09 pm and 6:13 pm.
- 011-105 6:13 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 6:13 pm to 6:26 pm.
- 290-005 6:13 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 6:26 pm.
- 290-006 6:26 PM · 3 min — 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 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 290-001, October 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/290-001 (accessed November 12, 2026).