Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 291 › Conversation 291-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Rose Mary Woods

Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 9:09 PM–9:12 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation291-004 on Tape 291 (tape position 00:08:56–00:09:10)StartTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 9:09 PMEndTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 9:12 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 291-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417184789 ↗

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On October 12, 1971, 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 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 291-4

Date: October 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 11-71]

     Request for a call to Rose Mary Woods

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  • 291-001 8:37 PM · 6 min — 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 8:37 pm and 9:07 pm.
  • 011-070 9:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
  • 291-003 9:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
  • 011-071 9:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm.
  • 011-072 9:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm.
  • 291-005 9:12 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm.
  • 291-006 9:13 PM · 1 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 9:13 pm and 9:41 pm.
  • 291-007 9:13 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:41 pm.

Conversation 291-004, October 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417184789). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-004 (accessed November 12, 2026).