Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 256 › Conversation 256-023
Nixon & Kissinger on Presidential Records and White House Tapes
Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 6:28 PM–6:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger engaged in a brief, two-minute meeting in the Old Executive Office Building. Due to the incoherent and irrelevant nature of the transcript provided, which consists entirely of repeated phrases in Welsh unrelated to administrative or foreign policy matters, no substantive political topics or actionable decisions can be determined from this record.
- Presidential Records
- White House Tapes
- Nixon Administration
- Diplomatic Correspondence
Audio
This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 00:36:27 into the tape and ends around 00:37:10.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On June 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:28 pm to 6:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 256-23 Date: June 1, 1971 Time: 6:28 pm - 6:30 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger [See Conversation No. 4-3]
Also recorded on June 1, 1971
- 004-002 4:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:19 pm to 4:21 pm.
- 256-022 6:16 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:16 pm to 6:17 pm.
- 004-003 6:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 6:28 pm to 6:30 pm.
- 004-004 6:28 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:28 pm and 8:30 pm.
- 256-024 6:28 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:28 pm and 8:30 pm.
- 256-025 6:28 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:28 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 256-026 6:28 PM · 49 sec — 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 6:28 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 256-027 6:28 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:28 pm and 7:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 256-023, June 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/256-023 (accessed October 10, 2026).