Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 300 › Conversation 300-020

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Meeting management

Tuesday, November 9, 1971 · 8:45 AM–9:45 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation300-020 on Tape 300 (tape position 00:38:32–00:38:37)StartTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 8:45 AMEndTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 9:45 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 300-020 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417185071 ↗

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NARA Description

On November 9, 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 8:45 am and 9:45 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 300-020 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 300-020

Date: November 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 9:45 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

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  • 300-019 8:45 AM · 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 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
  • 300-021 8:45 AM · 3 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 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
  • 300-022 8:45 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
  • 300-023 9:45 AM · 1 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 am to 11:00 am.
  • 014-001 10:27 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:27 am to 10:28 am.
  • 300-024 11:05 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:05 am to 11:07 am.
  • 014-002 11:07 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:57 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 300-020, November 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417185071). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/300-020 (accessed November 14, 2026).