Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 298 › Conversation 298-023
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential lifestyle
Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 3:33 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unknown individual in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss personal refreshments. The brief interaction focused on the President's preference for coffee and involved playful engagement with his Irish Setter, King Timahoe. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this short exchange.
- Presidential lifestyle
- King Timahoe
- Personal routine
- White House domestic staff
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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 3:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 298-23
Date: November 11, 1971
Time: 3:33 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown person.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/07/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[298-023-w001]
[Duration: 4s]
Refreshment request
-Coffee
King Timahoe
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The unknown person left at 3:33 pm.Also recorded on November 11, 1971
- 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.
- 298-020 3:30 PM · 7 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.
- 298-024 3:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm.
- 298-025 3:34 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 3:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 298-023, 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/298-023 (accessed October 12, 2026).