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 The recorded segment is largely comprised of a seven-second withdrawn item, precluding any analysis of topics or decisions made.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.
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 AidConversation 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 ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 7s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:09 pm.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.