Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 454 › Conversation 454-010

Nixon White House recording on Presidential correspondence

Saturday, February 20, 1971 · 2:44 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 9 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation454-010 on Tape 454 (tape position 06:02:35–06:02:44)StartSaturday, February 20, 1971 at 2:44 PMEndSaturday, February 20, 1971 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 454-010 ↗

AI Summary

An unidentified individual met with President Nixon to present correspondence for his review. The brief exchange centered on the delivery of two letters, though the recording terminates before any specific discussion of the documents' contents or subsequent action items can occur. The meeting serves as a formal transfer of written communications to the President.

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I wrote two letters.
I wrote a letter.

NARA Description

On February 20, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:44 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 454-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 454-10

Date: February 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:44 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people met

     Note to the President

Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm

Also recorded on February 20, 1971

  • 454-008 10:32 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:32 am and 10:58 am.
  • 454-009 10:58 AM · 3 hr 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Peter M. Flanigan, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert C. Tyson, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Rose Mary Woods, John D. Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker, Elizabeth Bradley Whitaker, David Shriver, White House photographer, Charles W. Colson, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:58 am to 2:42 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 454-010, February 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/454-010 (accessed October 23, 2026).