Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 290 › Conversation 290-006

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Soviet Union and Gromyko

Sunday, October 17, 1971 · 6:26 PM–8:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation290-006 on Tape 290 (tape position 00:36:10–00:39:13)StartSunday, October 17, 1971 at 6:26 PMEndSunday, October 17, 1971 at 8:48 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 290-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon discussed recent foreign policy developments with an unidentified individual. Key topics included the Soviet Union's Gromyko-Kosygin camp, potential implications for an upcoming meeting, and Japan's reaction to the signing of a text, specifically their concerns about the "open dollar." Nixon also inquired about the India-Pakistan situation, expressing a desire to ensure clarity on the U.S. position.

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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.

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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.

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:48 pm.

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NixonAny other uh developments?
NixonThe Gromyko, Kosygin camp.
NixonMay mean something.
NixonThat may mean that your that your meeting will go forward and the first thing.
Unknown[unintelligible] crack they gave him, but I hope they reassure him on that.
NixonYeah. Well,
UnknownIt hasn't been very heavy yet.
NixonOn March? Not much.
NixonYeah.
NixonNow that uh oh, what is the day you get back?
NixonUh-huh. Yeah. What is the situation now with respect to- Oh, that's alright. Okay.
NixonUh, what is the situation now on, uh, I noticed, uh, today with regard to Japan, after the text was signed, they're talking about, uh, the open dollar, and, uh, trying to make make an issue on that, that they might not approve it.
NixonThat's what I get. I felt that we really had given them everything he needed there.
NixonI don't think we have to switch from that.
NixonYeah. That doesn't mean a thing, George.
NixonNow would we uh, huh, I get wondering how that affects the Connally visit, if any at all.
NixonYeah.
NixonI know.
NixonThat's so.
NixonHe's not building them in?
NixonCertainly neither of those things matter.
NixonCertainly not both they uh they hadn't got.
UnknownI guess they're [unintelligible]
NixonRight. India-Pakistan thing seems to be still bubbling though, doesn't it?
NixonI know.
NixonWell, I just think we've got to be sure that the

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.

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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 November 12, 2026).