Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 299 › Conversation 299-005

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

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 1:33 PM–2:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation299-005 onTape 299 (tape position 00:09:42–00:10:15)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 1:33 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 2:27 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 299-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a administrative step to connect the President with a third party. No substantive policy discussions or policy decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

Audio

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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 an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 299-5

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 14-11]

Also recorded on November 10, 1971

  • 014-009 1:20 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
  • 299-001 1:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
  • 299-002 1:20 PM · 41 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 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
  • 616-008 1:20 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 014-010 1:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 1:31 pm to 1:33 pm.
  • 299-003 1:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arthur F. Burns met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:31 pm to 1:33 pm.
  • 014-011 1:33 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm.
  • 299-004 1:33 PM · 1 min — 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 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 299-005, 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/299-005 (accessed September 18, 2026).