Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 298 › Conversation 298-011

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Vietnam War

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 1:16 PM–3:07 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation298-011 on Tape 298 (tape position 02:13:35–02:14:47)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 1:16 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 3:07 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 298-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an aide to discuss the drafting and presentation strategy for an upcoming troop withdrawal announcement. He emphasized keeping the public statement concise and directed that it reference the recommendations of Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. Additionally, the President requested updated intelligence estimates concerning North Vietnamese troop deployments in Cambodia, Laos, and South Vietnam to inform his planning.

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I would like to have you prepare over there a brief, I mean, for this announcement, it's going to be very brief, and there's subjections, say, to the page, you know, so we do know what to look at.
We don't need to do any, the less we explain and all that.
I think we probably have to mention that, based on the recommendations, etc., etc., etc.,
I don't know.
Anyway, work out something that's pretty fine.
Second point, I need to give the latest figures, estimates, I should say, estimates, regarding the number of North Vietnamese troops in Cambodia in Mao's time and South Vietnam.
All right, thank you.
Thank you.

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 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 298-11

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

     The President's forthcoming troop withdrawal announcement
          -Recommendations of the Secretary of Defense [Melvin R. Laird]

     Vietnam
          -Communist military dispositions
              -Cambodia, Laos, South Vietnam

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 298-011, 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/298-011 (accessed October 1, 2026).