Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 297 › Conversation 297-010

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Memorandum and Executive documentation

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 8:49 PM–9:13 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation297-010 on Tape 297 (tape position 00:11:27–00:13:24)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 8:49 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 9:13 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 297-010 ↗

President Nixon utilized this session to dictate a memorandum for his personal files regarding recent developments. The brief recording serves as a record of the President's private reflections or administrative observations. No further details are available due to the withdrawal of the personal material.

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Position in tape: 00:11:27 – 00:13:24

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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 8:49 pm and 9:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 297-10

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:49 pm and 9:13 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation.

  • 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.
  • 297-007 8:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:48 pm.
  • 297-008 8:25 PM · 23 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 8:25 pm and 8:48 pm.
  • 014-080 8:28 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:28 pm to 8:49 pm.
  • 297-009 8:48 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:48 pm to 8:49 pm.
  • 297-011 8:49 PM · 3 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 8:49 pm and 9:13 pm.
  • 014-081 9:13 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 9:13 pm to 9:21 pm.
  • 297-012 9:13 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:13 pm to 9:21 pm.

Conversation 297-010, 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/297-010 (accessed November 15, 2026).