Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 297 › Conversation 297-023
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential dictation
Friday, November 12, 1971 · 10:06 AM–12:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 min
AI Summary
President Nixon recorded a brief, informal memorandum for his files, likely intended as a personal note or reminder. The dictated content is cryptic, involving vague references to a third party, the handling of "nectar," and instructions regarding telephone communications. The dialogue appears to reflect private observations or instructions rather than matters of official state policy.
Audio
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Position in tape: 00:52:30 – 01:01:01
part A, 52:28
NARA Description
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 297-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 297-23 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. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 37s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Transcript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The recording contains no intelligible speech; it consists entirely of silence, static hiss, intermittent beeps, and audio artifacts corresponding to withdrawn material and empty tape.
Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.
Also recorded on November 12, 1971
- 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.
- 297-017 10:06 AM · 39 sec — 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.
- 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.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 297-023, 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/297-023 (accessed November 15, 2026).