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Nixon White House recording on Personnel and Staffing

Tuesday, February 16, 1971 · 6:56 AM–8:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 41 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation450-026 on Tape 450 (tape position 00:00:35–00:01:18)StartTuesday, February 16, 1971 at 6:56 AMEndTuesday, February 16, 1971 at 8:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 450-026 ↗

AI Summary

An unidentified individual discussed the timeline of their departure, explicitly stating they would remain in their current position until September. The brief exchange appears to concern staffing or transition planning within the administration. No further context or policy decisions were documented during this segment of the recording.

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NARA Description

On February 16, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:56 am and 8:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 450-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 450-26

Date: February 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:56 am and 8:58 am
Location: Unknown

Unknown people met

[It appears that a meeting already in progress in a room near the Oval Office was recorded by the
Oval Office recording system]

     Corporation for Public Broadcasting
          -Cost of living increase
          -Congressional committees

Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 8:58 am

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All right.
Well, I'm not going to leave until September.

Also recorded on February 16, 1971

  • 450-001 7:56 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:56 am and 8:58 am.
  • 450-002 7:56 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:56 am and 8:58 am.
  • 047-001 8:04 AM · 2 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and members of the Cabinet, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, and staffers H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Peter M. Flanigan, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, William L. Safire, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Robert J. Brown, Paul W. McCracken, Arnold R. Weber, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arthur J. Sohmer, Robert E. Patricelli, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., John R. Price, Jr., and Gary Cook, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:04 am and 11:59 pm.
  • 450-003 8:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:58 am.
  • 450-004 8:58 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:58 am and 9:17 am.
  • 450-005 9:17 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mrs. B. Everett Jordan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:17 am to 9:19 am.
  • 450-006 9:19 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:19 am and 9:35 am.
  • 450-007 9:19 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:19 am and 9:35 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 450-026, February 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/450-026 (accessed November 14, 2026).