Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 56 › Conversation 056-005

Nixon White House recording on White House Cabinet Room and Archival Record

Tuesday, May 11, 1971 · 9:45 AM–11:59 PM ET · Cabinet Room

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation056-005 onTape 56StartTuesday, May 11, 1971 at 9:45 AMEndTuesday, May 11, 1971 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 056-005 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures an unidentified group of participants meeting within the White House Cabinet Room. Due to the lack of an available transcript or identifiable speakers, the substance and specific objectives of the discussion remain unknown. The audio serves as a placeholder in the archival record, as no discernible information or actionable developments were documented for this session.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On May 11, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 056-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 56-5

Date: Unknown between May 11 and May 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:45 am, May 11 and 11:59 pm, May 12, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown people entered

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm, May 12, 1971

Also recorded on May 11, 1971

  • 056-004 8:02 AM · 1 hr 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and members of the Cabinet, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, John H. Chafee, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald C. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, Robert J. Brown, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 9:45 am.
  • 056-006 9:45 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 11:59 pm.
  • 497-001 11:04 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:20 am.
  • 497-002 11:20 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William B. Saxbe, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:20 am to 11:51 am.
  • 497-003 11:53 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Barnum, Richard S. Bodman, Robert W. Fri, Stephen Kurzman, William N. Letson, Phillip V. Sanchez, Frederic V. Malek, Daniel T. Kinsley, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 12:07 pm.
  • 497-004 12:07 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:08 pm.
  • 497-005 12:07 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:07 pm to 12:22 pm.
  • 497-006 12:22 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:22 pm.

All 17 conversations from May 11, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 056-005, May 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/056-005 (accessed September 18, 2026).