Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 462 › Conversation 462-019

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Friday, March 5, 1971 · 4:29 PM ET · Oval Office ·2 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation462-019 onTape 462 (tape position 06:24:43–06:24:59)StartFriday, March 5, 1971 at 4:29 PMEndFriday, March 5, 1971 at 4:29 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 462-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, two-second meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. Given the extremely short duration of the encounter and the withdrawal of materials classified as personal and returnable, the interaction appears to have been limited to a brief exchange or document hand-off. No substantive discussion or policy decisions were recorded during this engagement.

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NARA Description

On March 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 462-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 462-19

Date: March 5, 1971
Time: 4:29 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown person left at 4:29 pm

Also recorded on March 5, 1971

  • 462-013 11:06 AM · 1 hr 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Arthur F. Burns, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 1:05 pm.
  • 462-014 1:06 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Walter R. Tkach, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:06 pm and 1:17 pm.
  • 462-015 1:17 PM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John A. ("Jack") Mulcahy, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, John B. Connally, Manolo Sanchez, and William H. Carruthers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:17 pm to 2:20 pm.
  • 462-016 2:20 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:20 pm.
  • 462-017 2:20 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 462-018 4:20 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:28 pm.
  • 462-020 4:29 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:29 pm.
  • 462-021 4:30 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 462-019, March 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/462-019 (accessed September 18, 2026).