Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 290 › Conversation 290-006
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings
Sunday, October 17, 1971 · 6:26 PM–8:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon held a private meeting with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building suite to conduct business that remains largely undocumented due to the lack of a transcript. A brief four-second segment of the interaction was designated as a personal returnable item and withdrawn from the record. The meeting concluded without a public account of the specific policy discussions or administrative decisions reached during the encounter.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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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 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 290-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 290-6 Date: October 17, 1971 Time: Unknown between 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown person. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 4s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:48 pm.
Also recorded on October 17, 1971
- 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.
- 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.
- 290-007 6:26 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm.
- 290-008 6:26 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm.
- 290-009 6:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 290-006, 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/290-006 (accessed September 28, 2026).