Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 258 › Conversation 258-031

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on H. R. Haldeman

Thursday, June 17, 1971 · 6:55 PM–9:29 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation258-031 on Tape 258 (tape position 00:47:05–00:47:12)StartThursday, June 17, 1971 at 6:55 PMEndThursday, June 17, 1971 at 9:29 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 258-031 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183927 ↗

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On June 17, 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 6:55 pm and 9:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-031 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 258-31

Date: June 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:55 pm and 9:29 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

An unknown person talked with the President

     Request for meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?]

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  • 261-016 6:17 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:17 pm to 6:46 pm.
  • 005-113 6:38 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 6:38 pm to 6:45 pm.
  • 005-114 6:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 6:55 pm.
  • 261-017 6:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:46 pm and 6:55 pm.
  • 005-115 6:55 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 6:55 pm to 6:56 pm.
  • 261-018 6:55 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:55 pm to 6:56 pm.
  • 005-116 6:56 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and 7:39 pm.
  • 261-019 6:56 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and 7:39 pm.

Conversation 258-031, June 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183927). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-031 (accessed November 2, 2026).