Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 297 › Conversation 297-017

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Memorandum and Presidential records

Friday, November 12, 1971 · 10:06 AM–12:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 39 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation297-017 on Tape 297 (tape position 00:33:01–00:33:37)StartFriday, November 12, 1971 at 10:06 AMEndFriday, November 12, 1971 at 12:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 297-017 ↗

President Nixon utilized this session to dictate a memorandum for his personal records. As no transcript is available and a portion of the recording was withdrawn, the specific content of the dictation remains undisclosed to researchers. This entry serves as a formal documentation of the President's internal administrative activities regarding his personal files.

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On November 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 12:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-017 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 297-17

Date: November 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:06 am and 12:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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  • 014-082 10:06 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 12:10 pm.
  • 297-016 10:06 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 12:10 pm.
  • 297-018 10:06 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 12:10 pm.
  • 297-019 10:06 AM · 2 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 10:06 am and 12:10 pm.
  • 297-020 10:06 AM · 5 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 10:06 am and 12:10 pm.
  • 297-021 10:06 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 12:10 pm.
  • 297-022 10:06 AM · 7 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 10:06 am and 12:10 pm.
  • 297-023 10:06 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 12:10 pm.

Conversation 297-017, 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/297-017 (accessed October 1, 2026).