Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 304 › Conversation 304-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Executive Office…

Monday, October 25, 1971 · 2:10 PM–2:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation304-001 on Tape 304 (tape position 00:01:19–00:02:46)StartMonday, October 25, 1971 at 2:10 PMEndMonday, October 25, 1971 at 2:37 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 304-001 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with an unidentified individual. Due to the lack of a transcript and the extremely short duration of the recorded segment, the specific subject matter and any resulting actions remain undocumented. This recording represents a fragment of the President's administrative schedule that currently lacks contextual details regarding its purpose.

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On October 25, 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 2:10 pm and 2:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 304-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 304-1

Date: October 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:10 pm and 2:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/25/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[304-001-w001]
[Duration: 1s]

     Request [?]

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:37 pm.
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  • 304-002 2:10 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 2:10 pm and 2:37 pm.
  • 304-003 2:10 PM · 25 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 2:10 pm and 2:37 pm.
  • 304-004 2:10 PM · 31 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 2:10 pm and 2:37 pm.
  • 601-034 2:10 PM · 14 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 012-112 2:37 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:37 pm.
  • 012-113 2:37 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:37 pm and 2:40 pm.
  • 012-114 2:37 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:37 pm and 2:40 pm.

Conversation 304-001, October 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/304-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).