Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 456 › Conversation 456-019
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Body image
Tuesday, February 23, 1971 · 3:08 PM–3:22 PM ET · Oval Office · 16 sec
A 16-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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On February 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 456-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 456-19
Date: February 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:08 pm and 3:22 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person
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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:22 pmTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 456-015 2:09 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 456-016 3:00 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:05 pm.
- 456-017 3:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 3:08 pm.
- 456-018 3:08 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:22 pm.
- 456-020 3:22 PM · 16 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 4:06 pm.
- 456-021 4:08 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:08 pm to 4:09 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 456-019, February 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/456-019 (accessed November 2, 2026).