Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 293 › Conversation 293-013
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings
Wednesday, November 17, 1971 · 4:00 PM–5:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified male visitor in the Old Executive Office Building for a private consultation. Due to the lack of a transcript or specific descriptive metadata, the exact nature of the discussion remains undocumented. This interaction serves as an example of the frequent, unrecorded meetings conducted by the President during his tenure, highlighting a gap in the historical record regarding his daily decision-making process.
- Presidential meetings
- White House administration
- Executive office procedures
- Historical documentation
- Unidentified visitors
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 01:16:05 into the tape and ends around 01:17:16.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On November 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 4:00 pm and 5:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 293-13
Date: November 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 5:23 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man.
Request
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:23 pm.Also recorded on November 17, 1971
- 293-034 3:44 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:44 pm.
- 293-035 3:44 PM · 29 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 3:44 pm and 3:48 pm.
- 293-036 3:44 PM · 2 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 3:44 pm and 3:48 pm.
- 015-003 4:00 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 5:23 pm.
- 293-010 4:00 PM · 29 sec — 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 4:00 pm and 5:23 pm.
- 293-011 4:00 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 4:00 pm and 5:23 pm.
- 293-012 4:00 PM · 18 sec — 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 4:00 pm and 5:23 pm.
- 293-014 4:00 PM · 20 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 4:00 pm and 5:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 293-013, November 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/293-013 (accessed October 12, 2026).