Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 300 › Conversation 300-005

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

Tuesday, November 2, 1971 · 1:31 PM–2:26 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation300-005 on Tape 300 (tape position 00:07:04–00:07:09)StartTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 1:31 PMEndTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 2:26 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 300-005 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to review matters pertaining to his daily professional schedule. This brief engagement served as a routine administrative coordination of the President's upcoming activities and time management. No significant policy decisions or external developments resulted from this specific interaction.

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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 300-005 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 300-005

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

The President talked with an unknown person.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/08/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[300-005-w001]
[Duration: 5s]

     The President’s schedule

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  • 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.
  • 300-004 1:31 PM · 13 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 300-005, 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/300-005 (accessed September 30, 2026).