Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 475 › Conversation 475-008
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Southeast Asia
Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 8:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to discuss preparations for his upcoming televised address regarding the situation in Southeast Asia. The conversation specifically addressed the involvement of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in the broadcast. Following the brief exchange, the unidentified party departed the Oval Office.
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NARA Description
On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 475-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 475-8
Date: April 7, 1971
Time: 8:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man
President’s forthcoming speech on Southeast Asia
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
The unknown man left at 8:59 pmAlso recorded on April 7, 1971
- 042-028 7:15 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:15 pm to 7:16 pm.
- 042-029 7:16 PM · 27 sec — Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 7:16 pm on April 6, 1971 and 10:59 am on April 7, 1971.
- 042-107 7:16 PM · 39 sec — Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 7:16 pm on April 6, 1971 and 10:59 am on April 7, 1971.
- 475-009 9:00 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:00 pm to 9:20 pm.
- 475-010 9:20 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 pm and 9:25 pm.
- 246-001 10:50 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 10:55 am.
- 246-002 10:50 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 10:55 am.
- 246-003 10:50 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 10:55 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 475-008, April 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/475-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).