Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 474 › Conversation 474-007

Nixon & Justinian Society on Public Relations and Oval Office

Friday, March 26, 1971 · 11:22 AM–2:54 PM ET · Oval Office ·2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Justinian SocietyConversation474-007 onTape 474 (tape position 00:44:04–00:45:50)StartFriday, March 26, 1971 at 11:22 AMEndFriday, March 26, 1971 at 2:54 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 474-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with members of the Justinian Society at the White House to exchange brief greetings. The encounter functioned as a ceremonial meet-and-greet rather than a policy discussion. No significant substantive decisions or political developments occurred during this brief interaction.

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Oh yeah.
Thank you.
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Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Justinian Society met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 2:54 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 474-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 474-7

Date: March 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:22 am and 2:54 pm
Location: Oval Office

A tour group [members of the Justinian Society] met with the President outside
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     Greetings

     [General conversation]

Recording ends at an unknown time before 2:54 pm

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  • 474-004 11:15 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:15 am to 11:17 am.
  • 474-005 11:17 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:22 am.
  • 474-006 11:22 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 11:22 am and 11:35 am.
  • 474-008 4:09 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Melvin R. Laird, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, David Packard, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 4:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 474-007, March 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/474-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).