Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 293 › Conversation 293-017
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on AFL-CIO
Wednesday, November 17, 1971 · 5:25 PM–5:44 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon consults with an aide regarding his upcoming address to the AFL-CIO convention to ensure his economic messaging is accurate. He specifically requests research data comparing wage and price increases between 1965 and 1969 to support his argument that labor gains were consistently offset by inflation during that period. The President instructs staff to expedite this research, mentioning speechwriter William Safire, to solidify the economic narrative for his presentation.
- AFL-CIO
- Wages and Prices
- Economic Policy
- Speechwriting
- William Safire
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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 5:25 pm and 5:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 293-17
Date: November 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:25 pm and 5:44 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person.
Presidential appearances before American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations [AFL-CIO] conventions
The President's forthcoming speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Wages and prices, 1965-1969
-William L. SafireAlso recorded on November 17, 1971
- 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.
- 015-004 5:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:23 pm to 5:25 pm.
- 293-015 5:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:23 pm to 5:25 pm.
- 293-016 5:25 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:44 pm.
- 293-018 5:25 PM · 1 min — 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 5:25 pm and 5:44 pm.
- 293-019 5:25 PM · 54 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 5:25 pm and 5:44 pm.
- 015-005 5:44 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 7:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 293-017, 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/293-017 (accessed October 1, 2026).