Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 307 › Conversation 307-015
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential directive and Memorandum
Wednesday, December 8, 1971 · 2:22 PM–3:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized this session in the Old Executive Office Building to dictate a memorandum regarding a specific government matter. The brief recording captures the President expressing a clear directive for the removal or release of information, emphasizing the urgency of his decision. The substance of the directive remains obscured by the lack of clear transcript details and a subsequent period of withdrawn material.
- Presidential directive
- Memorandum
- Government administration
- Executive decision-making
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NARA Description
On December 8, 1971, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 307-015
Date: December 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:22 pm and 2:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
The President dictated a memorandum.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[307-015-w001]
[Duration: 2m 57s]
The President’s schedule
-Afternoon
The President’s view
Unknown person’s immoral position
Government
-Small countries
-Polls
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-The President’s statement
-Charles W. Colson [?]
Dwight D. Eisenhower
**********************************************************************Also recorded on December 8, 1971
- 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.
- 307-014 2:22 PM · 3 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 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 307-015, 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/307-015 (accessed October 12, 2026).