Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 293 › Conversation 293-018

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Executive Office…

Wednesday, November 17, 1971 · 5:25 PM–5:44 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation293-018 on Tape 293 (tape position 01:22:21–01:23:46)StartWednesday, November 17, 1971 at 5:25 PMEndWednesday, November 17, 1971 at 5:44 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 293-018 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to facilitate the receipt of undisclosed materials or information. While the specific nature of the items exchanged remains undocumented due to the lack of an available transcript, the brief encounter concluded with the departure of the visitor before 5:44 pm. This meeting represents a private, undocumented interaction within the President's administrative offices.

Audio

part A, 1:22:21

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 01:22:21 to 01:23:46 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

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 293-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 293-18

Date: November 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:25 pm and 5:44 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person

     Receipt of something

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 5:44 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also 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.
  • 293-017 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 293-018, 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/293-018 (accessed November 15, 2026).