Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 297 › Conversation 297-001
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Memorandum for the File and Dictation
Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 7:51 PM–8:19 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon dictated a memorandum for his files while working in his office at the Old Executive Office Building. The recording, which appears to contain unrelated or corrupted audio in Welsh, captures the President in the process of documenting administrative business. Aside from the dictation, no significant policy developments or substantive discussions involving other participants were recorded.
Audio
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Position in tape: 00:00:33 – 0
part A, 0:31
NARA Description
On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:51 pm and 8:19 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 297-1 Date: November 11, 1971 Time: Unknown between 7:51 pm and 8:19 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President dictated a memorandum for the file. [The recording begins at an unknown time while the dictation is in progress] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 26s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Transcript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The entire recording consists of silence and low background tone due to withdrawn material.
Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.
Also recorded on November 11, 1971
- 014-070 7:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:24 pm to 7:26 pm.
- 014-071 7:30 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 7:30 pm to 7:39 pm.
- 014-072 7:40 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:40 pm to 7:45 pm.
- 014-073 7:46 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:46 pm to 7:47 pm.
- 014-074 7:47 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:47 pm and 7:48 pm.
- 014-075 7:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 7:48 pm to 7:51 pm.
- 014-076 8:19 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:19 pm.
- 014-077 8:19 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 297-001, November 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/297-001 (accessed November 15, 2026).