Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 301 › Conversation 301-008

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Walter Annenberg

Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 12:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation301-008 on Tape 301 (tape position 03:07:00–03:07:05)StartWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 12:16 PMEndWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 12:16 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 301-008 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417185137 ↗

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On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 301-008 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 301-8

Date: November 3, 1971
Time: 12:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 13-97]

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You get Ambassador Annenberg in London, please.
  • 013-097 12:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:16 pm.
  • 013-098 12:16 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 301-009 12:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 301-010 12:16 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 301-011 12:16 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 301-012 12:16 PM · 3 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 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 301-013 12:20 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:20 pm to 1:16 pm.
  • 013-099 12:22 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:22 pm to 12:23 pm.

Conversation 301-008, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417185137). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/301-008 (accessed November 14, 2026).