Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 299 › Conversation 299-017
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on administrative…
Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 3:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 56 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon interacts briefly with the White House operator to facilitate outgoing communications. The exchange serves as a routine administrative task to connect the President with other parties. No substantive policy discussions or significant decisions occur during this brief operational contact.
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Position in tape: 00:40:37 – 00:41:38
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NARA Description
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 3:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 299-17 Date: November 10, 1971 Time: 3:16 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 14-20]
Also recorded on November 10, 1971
- 014-017 2:51 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Barry M. Goldwater talked on the telephone from 2:51 pm to 2:54 pm.
- 014-018 2:54 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 3:09 pm.
- 014-019 3:09 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Richard J. Daley talked on the telephone from 3:09 pm to 3:10 pm.
- 299-016 3:10 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:16 pm.
- 014-020 3:16 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:16 pm.
- 014-021 3:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm.
- 299-018 3:16 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm.
- 299-019 3:16 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Melvin R. Laird, White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 4:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 299-017, 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/299-017 (accessed September 30, 2026).