Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 49 › Conversation 049-002
Nixon White House recording on Open Door Hour and Cabinet Room
Tuesday, March 2, 1971 · 12:44 PM–1:07 PM ET · Cabinet Room
AI Summary
This recording captures an Open Door Hour session in the Cabinet Room involving unidentified participants. Following a significant segment withdrawn for personal privacy, the remaining audio consists primarily of unintelligible Welsh phrases. No substantive policy discussions or presidential actions are discernible from the available transcript.
- Open Door Hour
- Cabinet Room
- White House Tapes
- Unidentified participants
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On March 2, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 1:07 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 049-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 49-2 Date: March 2, 1971 Time: 12:44 pm - unknown before 1:07 pm Location: Cabinet Room Unknown people met [Individuals from Open Door Hour] [Recording begins while the conversation is in progress] ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 11m 16s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** The unknown people [Individuals from Open Door Hour] left at an unknown time before 1:07 pm
Also recorded on March 2, 1971
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- 461-011 12:44 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ralph E. Ulmer, Mrs. Ralph E. Ulmer, Gary Ulmer, Tana Ulmer, Roger E. Johnson, David N. Parker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 12:55 pm.
- 461-012 12:53 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter Heltemes, Jack Heltemes, Mrs. Jack Heltemes, Jack Heltemes, Jr., Holly Heltemes, Robert J. Dole, Robert Young, Mrs. Robert Young, David N. Parker, and George Bill met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:07 pm.
- 049-008 1:07 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:07 pm on March 2, 1971 and 8:32 am on March 8, 1971.
- 049-010 1:07 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:07 pm on March 2, 1971 and 8:32 am on March 8, 1971.
- 049-011 1:07 PM · 9 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:07 pm on March 2, 1971 and 8:32 am on March 8, 1971.
- 461-013 1:07 PM · 6 sec — unknown person(s) and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:07 pm to 1:08 pm.
- 461-014 1:08 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth R. Lyons, Charles W. Colson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:08 pm to 1:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 049-002, March 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/049-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).