Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 299 › Conversation 299-008

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Operational procedures

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 2:28 PM–2:34 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation299-008 on Tape 299 (tape position 00:13:48–00:13:59)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 2:28 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 2:34 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 299-008 ↗

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On November 10, 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 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-008 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 299-8

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 14-13]

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Just see if you can come over by quarter to quarter to half.
Coast, please.
Yeah.
  • 014-012 2:27 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:27 pm to 2:28 pm.
  • 299-006 2:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:27 pm to 2:28 pm.
  • 014-013 2:28 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm.
  • 299-007 2:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm.
  • 014-014 2:34 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:34 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 299-009 2:34 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:34 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 014-015 2:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 299-010 2:45 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm.

Conversation 299-008, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/299-008 (accessed November 14, 2026).