Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 528 › Conversation 528-017
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Personal exchange
Thursday, June 24, 1971 · 11:01 AM–11:17 AM ET · Oval Office · 38 sec
AI Summary
An unidentified individual visits the Oval Office to deliver an object, referred to as a knife, to another participant. The brief exchange involves the brief handling of this item and a suggestion that an absent individual will return shortly. The recording provides no information regarding political policy, administrative strategy, or substantive government business.
- Oval Office
- Personal exchange
- Artifact delivery
- Unidentified participants
Audio
NARA Description
On June 24, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:17 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 528-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 528-17
Date: June 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:01 am and 11:17 am
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 01/15/2020.]
[Unintelligible]
[528-017-w001]
[Duration: 37s]
Telephone call
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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:17 am.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on June 24, 1971
- 005-157 10:45 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Byrnes talked on the telephone from 10:45 am to 10:47 am.
- 005-158 10:58 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:58 am.
- 528-009 10:58 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:58 am.
- 528-010 10:58 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:01 am.
- 528-011 10:58 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:01 am.
- 528-012 10:58 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:01 am.
- 528-013 10:58 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:01 am.
- 528-019 11:01 AM · 24 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:17 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 528-017, June 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417178103). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/528-017 (accessed November 4, 2026).