Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 298 › Conversation 298-020

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 3:30 PM–3:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation298-020 on Tape 298 (tape position 02:23:08–02:23:59)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 3:30 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 3:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 298-020 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417185211 ↗

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On November 11, 1971, 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 3:30 pm and 3:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-020 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 298-20

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 3:32 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 14-42]

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Mrs. Lexington, please.
Mrs. Lexington, please.
  • 014-041 3:27 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:27 pm to 3:30 pm.
  • 298-019 3:27 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:27 pm to 3:30 pm.
  • 014-042 3:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 014-043 3:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 298-021 3:30 PM · 4 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 3:30 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 014-044 3:32 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:32 pm to 3:33 pm.
  • 298-022 3:32 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:32 pm to 3:33 pm.
  • 014-045 3:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm.

Conversation 298-020, November 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417185211). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-020 (accessed November 15, 2026).