Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 50 › Conversation 050-005

Nixon White House recording on Cabinet Room and White House administration

Tuesday, March 9, 1971 · 9:43 AM–3:06 PM ET · Cabinet Room

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation050-005 onTape 50StartTuesday, March 9, 1971 at 9:43 AMEndTuesday, March 9, 1971 at 3:06 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 050-005 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures an unidentified group of participants convening in the Cabinet Room for discussions that remain obscured due to the lack of an available transcript. Because the dialogue is unintelligible, the specific purpose and substantive outcomes of the meeting cannot be determined. The interaction represents a gap in the archival record regarding the internal deliberations of the Nixon administration during this period.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On March 9, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 3:06 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 050-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 50-5

Date: Unknown between March 9 and March 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:43 am, March 9 and 3:06 pm, March 16, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown people met

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 3:06 pm, March 16, 1971

Also recorded on March 9, 1971

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  • 050-001 8:05 AM · 1 hr 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional Leaders, including Clifford M. Hardin, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Norris Cotton, Gordon L. Allott, Peter H. Dominick, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Robert T. Stafford, Richard H. Poff, John J. Rhodes, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, H. Allen Smith, Robert J. Dole, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Herbert G. Klein, Kenneth E. BeLieu, Patrick J. Buchanan, Harry S. Dent, Ronald L. Ziegler, Bryce N. Harlow, John R. Price, Jr., and Edwin L. Harper, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:05 am to 9:43 am.
  • 050-002 9:43 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 3:06 pm.
  • 050-004 9:43 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 3:06 pm.
  • 050-006 9:43 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 3:06 pm.
  • 464-005 9:58 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:58 am to 10:36 am.
  • 464-006 10:36 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 10:40 am.
  • 464-007 10:40 AM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John L. ("Jack") Swigert, Jr., William R. Pogue, Jack R. Lousma, William A. Anders, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Jeb Stuart Magruder, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:40 am to 11:28 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 050-005, March 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/050-005 (accessed September 18, 2026).