Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 297 › Conversation 297-020

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Arthur Burns

Friday, November 12, 1971 · 10:06 AM–12:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation297-020 on Tape 297 (tape position 00:37:15–00:42:32)StartFriday, November 12, 1971 at 10:06 AMEndFriday, November 12, 1971 at 12:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 297-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon inquired about Arthur Burns's activities and sought an assessment of the public's reaction to a specific event or policy. He instructed an aide to discreetly gather information on the audience's response. The conversation also touched upon personal matters, including well-wishes for "Billy" and an invitation for someone to visit Camp David.

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NARA Description

On November 12, 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 10:06 am and 12:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 297-20

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

The President met with an unknown man.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 8s ]

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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:10 pm.

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NixonYeah. Yeah, have you had any report on Burns since he arrived yet?
NixonThe impact on those people, aren't they public [unintelligible] does does Want you to check around and see how it affected that audience there.
UnknownRight. Right.
NixonI don't I don't want to follow that, you know.
UnknownRight. I'll sneak part of that in here, though.
NixonYeah. That's fine. Good. Bye-bye.

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UnknownWhat is it, please?
UnknownYeah. How is Billy? Oh, that's good. Yeah, I was hoping you might go up to Camp David, ma'am, this weekend to relax.
UnknownOh, well, sure.
UnknownThat is fine. Watch you come to

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 297-020, 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/297-020 (accessed November 15, 2026).