President Nixon held an undocumented meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss matters currently lost to history due to the lack of an available transcript. As the specific dialogue remains unrecorded or inaccessible, the precise nature of the topics and any resulting policy decisions or action items cannot be determined. This session remains a significant gap in the archival record of the Nixon administration's internal deliberations during the summer of 1971.
On August 4, 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 10:35 am and 10:59 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 271-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 271-7
Date: August 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:35 am and 10:59 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person.
DateNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.