President Nixon held a brief, one-minute meeting with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building suite. Due to the extremely short duration of the recording and the absence of a transcript, the specific subject matter and objectives of this encounter remain undocumented. No substantive policy discussions, decisions, or administrative actions were captured on the audio.
On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:21 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 253-24
Date: May 26, 1971
Time: Unknown after 5:20 pm until 5:21 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown person
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[253-024-w001]
[Duration: 3s]
Time [?]
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The President and the unknown person left at 5:21 pmNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.