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Nixon White House recording on Cabinet Room and Unidentified participants

Monday, September 13, 1971 · 10:42 AM–3:07 PM ET · Cabinet Room

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation073-006 on Tape 73StartMonday, September 13, 1971 at 10:42 AMEndMonday, September 13, 1971 at 3:07 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 073-006 ↗

This recording captures an unidentified group of participants meeting in the Cabinet Room for a duration of approximately three minutes and twenty-four seconds. Due to the withdrawal of the content for non-historical reasons and the absence of a transcript, the specific agenda and participants remain unknown. The tape provides no evidence of administrative decisions or policy discussions.

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On September 13, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:42 am and 3:07 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 073-006 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 73-6

Date: September 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:42 am and 3:07 pm
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown men met

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[Non-historical]
[Duration: 3m 24s ]

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Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 3:07 pm
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Conversation 073-006, September 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/073-006 (accessed September 28, 2026).