Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 468 › Conversation 468-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Tuesday, March 16, 1971 · 8:53 AM–8:57 AM ET · Oval Office ·10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation468-001 onTape 468 (tape position 00:00:45–00:01:50)StartTuesday, March 16, 1971 at 8:53 AMEndTuesday, March 16, 1971 at 8:57 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 468-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, four-minute meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. While no transcript or record of the discussion exists, the interaction was classified primarily as a scheduling session. No substantive policy decisions or specific action items were documented as a result of this brief encounter.

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NARA Description

On March 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:53 am and 8:57 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 468-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 468-1
Date: March 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:53 am and 8:57 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person

     Schedule

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:57 am

Also recorded on March 16, 1971

  • 468-002 8:53 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:53 am and 8:57 am.
  • 468-003 8:57 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:57 am to 9:05 am.
  • 468-004 9:05 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:30 am.
  • 468-005 9:30 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:30 am to 9:50 am.
  • 468-006 9:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:56 am to 9:59 am.
  • 468-007 10:02 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:02 am to 10:31 am.
  • 468-008 10:31 AM · 22 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:31 am and 11:00 am.
  • 468-009 11:00 AM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John M. ("Jack") Lynch, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:00 am to 12:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 468-001, March 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/468-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).