Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 300 › Conversation 300-004

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

Tuesday, November 2, 1971 · 1:31 PM–2:26 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation300-004 on Tape 300 (tape position 00:05:18–00:07:04)StartTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 1:31 PMEndTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 2:26 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 300-004 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to review the President’s daily schedule. The brief interaction consisted primarily of administrative coordination regarding upcoming appointments and logistical planning. No substantive policy discussions or significant decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.

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On November 2, 1971, 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 1:31 pm and 2:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 300-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 300-004

Date: November 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:31 pm and 2:26 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/07/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[300-004-w001]
[Duration: 13s]

     The President’s schedule

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       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:26 pm.
  • 611-022 1:13 PM · 10 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 611-023 1:13 PM · 34 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 013-072 1:15 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 300-001 1:15 PM · 11 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 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 300-002 1:15 PM · 10 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 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 013-073 1:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 1:30 pm to 1:31 pm.
  • 300-003 1:30 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:30 pm to 1:31 pm.
  • 300-005 1:31 PM · 5 sec — 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 1:31 pm and 2:26 pm.

Conversation 300-004, November 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/300-004 (accessed September 30, 2026).