Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 297 › Conversation 297-005
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential records and Memorandum
Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 8:19 PM–8:24 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized this brief session to dictate a memorandum for his personal files. While the specific content of the recording remains restricted under a personal returnable withdrawal, the session served as an administrative record-keeping action by the President. No other participants were involved in this dictated entry.
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Position in tape: 00:03:52 – 00:05:32
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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 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 297-5 Date: November 11, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President dictated a memorandum for the file. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 29s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on November 12, 1971
- 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.
- 297-002 8:19 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:19 pm.
- 297-003 8:19 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm.
- 297-004 8:19 PM · 49 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 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm.
- 014-078 8:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:24 pm to 8:25 pm.
- 297-006 8:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:24 pm to 8:25 pm.
- 014-079 8:25 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 297-005, November 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/297-005 (accessed October 1, 2026).