Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 601 › Conversation 601-023
Nixon White House recording on Presidential correspondence and Oval Office
Saturday, October 23, 1971 · 12:25 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 29 sec
AI Summary
An unidentified individual entered the Oval Office to request that President Nixon personally sign a card. The brief interaction focused solely on this administrative task before the recording was terminated shortly after it began. No other substantive political or policy discussions were captured during this brief exchange.
- Presidential correspondence
- Oval Office
- Administrative tasks
- Nixon personal records
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NARA Description
On October 23, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 601-23
Date: October 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:25 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
An unknown person talked with an unknown person.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Agency Policy]
[Duration: 13s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The President’s schedule
-Location
The recording was cutoff at an unknown time after 12:25 pm.Also recorded on October 23, 1971
- 012-106 11:59 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, King Hassan, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:59 am to 12:08 pm.
- 601-017 11:59 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Alex G. Toumayan, and King Hassan met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:17 pm.
- 012-107 12:17 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:17 pm.
- 601-018 12:17 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:17 pm.
- 601-019 12:17 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
- 601-020 12:17 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
- 601-021 12:17 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
- 601-022 12:17 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 601-023, October 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/601-023 (accessed October 16, 2026).