Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 297 › Conversation 297-011
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings
Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 8:49 PM–9:13 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon held a private meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. Due to the lack of a transcript and the unintelligible nature of the audio, the specific topics, decisions, or purpose of this discussion remain historically obscured. The meeting concluded when the unknown participant departed shortly before 9:13 pm.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On November 11, 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 8:49 pm and 9:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 297-11
Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:49 pm and 9:13 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man.
[Unintelligible]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:13 pm.Also recorded on November 12, 1971
- 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.
- 297-010 8:49 PM · 2 min — 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.
- 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 297-011, 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/297-011 (accessed October 1, 2026).