Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 505 › Conversation 505-016
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Friday, May 28, 1971 · 8:47 AM–9:08 AM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual, the majority of which remains restricted or withdrawn from the public record. Due to the lack of a transcript and the presence of personal material in the record, the specific subject matter and any actionable outcomes of this brief engagement are currently inaccessible to researchers. The interaction concluded prior to 9:08 am.
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NARA Description
On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 505-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 505-016
Date: May 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:47 am and 9:08 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/20/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[505-016-w001]
[Duration: 13s]
[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]
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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:08 am.Also recorded on May 28, 1971
- 003-165 8:47 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:08 am.
- 505-015 8:47 AM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:08 am.
- 003-166 9:08 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:08 am to 9:12 am.
- 505-017 9:08 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:12 am.
- 505-018 9:12 AM · 1 hr 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, unknown person(s), J. Edgar Hoover, Ronald L. Ziegler, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Wilbur D. Mills, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 11:04 am.
- 003-167 9:16 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:34 am.
- 003-168 9:16 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:34 am.
- 003-169 9:34 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover talked on the telephone from 9:34 am to 9:43 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 505-016, May 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/505-016 (accessed October 10, 2026).