Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 58 › Conversation 058-003

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Tuesday, May 18, 1971 · 9:33 AM–9:02 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 1 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation058-003 on Tape 58StartTuesday, May 18, 1971 at 9:33 AMEndThursday, May 20, 1971 at 9:02 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 058-003 ↗

AI Summary

An unidentified group of individuals met in the Cabinet Room to discuss technical discrepancies regarding the recording or broadcast of an individual's remarks. The participants expressed uncertainty about whether a specific statement was actually delivered, suggesting potential confusion over the integrity of a record or audio feed. No definitive actions were finalized, as the dialogue centers on clarifying the sequence of events surrounding the suppressed communication.

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NARA Description

Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 9:33 am on May 18, 1971 and 9:02 am on May 20, 1971. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 058-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 58-3

Date: Unknown between May 18 and May 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:33 am, May 18 and 9:02 am, May 20, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown men met

     Cabinet Room
          -Furnishings

                -President’s chair

     Microphones

The unknown men left at an unknown time before 9:02 am, May 20, 1971

Transcript (AI-generated)

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President of the United States.
That must have been him.
That must be evil.
He said Jeremy.
I didn't want to hear it.
He said, and, and I bet they cut off the microphone.
Because he said, and, they realized he was still talking, so they cut it back on him.
Did he say it?
Did he say it?
We didn't know.
We didn't know.
We were about to actually make that.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 058-003, May 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/058-003 (accessed November 2, 2026).