Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 307 › Conversation 307-014

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings

Wednesday, December 8, 1971 · 2:22 PM–3:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation307-014 on Tape 307 (tape position 00:30:04–00:31:49)StartWednesday, December 8, 1971 at 2:22 PMEndWednesday, December 8, 1971 at 3:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 307-014 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with an unidentified individual. The interaction, lasting only three seconds, remains undocumented regarding its substance due to the lack of available transcripts or descriptive logs. Consequently, no specific policy decisions, political developments, or action items can be attributed to this exchange.

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On December 8, 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 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-014 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 307-014

Date: December 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:22 pm and 3:30 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 06/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[307-014-w001]
[Duration: 3s]

       Dog [?]

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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:30 pm.
  • 016-050 2:15 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. McCormack talked on the telephone from 2:15 pm to 2:22 pm.
  • 307-012 2:15 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. McCormack met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:15 pm to 2:22 pm.
  • 016-051 2:22 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 016-052 2:22 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 307-013 2:22 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 307-015 2:22 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 307-016 2:22 PM · 37 sec — 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 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 307-017 2:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm.

Conversation 307-014, December 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-014 (accessed October 12, 2026).