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Nixon & Ahlgram on National Security and Foreign Policy

Thursday, April 15, 1971 · 10:59 AM–11:02 AM ET · Oval Office · 30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ahlgram, HenryConversation480-001 on Tape 480 (tape position 00:00:28–00:01:17)StartThursday, April 15, 1971 at 10:59 AMEndThursday, April 15, 1971 at 11:02 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 480-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, three-minute meeting with Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office. The conversation functioned as a short administrative check-in or unscheduled consultation between the President and his National Security Advisor. Given the lack of a transcript, no specific policy decisions or action items were documented for this encounter.

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NARA Description

On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry Ahlgren met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:02 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 480-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 480-1

Date: April 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:59 am and 11:02 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with an unknown person [Henry A. Kissinger]

     The President’s schedule
          -Instructions regarding meeting [with Moulay Ahmed Laraki]
          -Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.

Also recorded on April 15, 1971

  • 480-002 10:59 AM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:02 am.
  • 480-003 11:02 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alex G. Toumayan, Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, Jr., Moulay Ahmed Laraki, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:02 am to 12:00 pm.
  • 480-004 12:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:01 pm to 12:02 pm.
  • 480-011 12:02 PM · 37 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 480-005 12:15 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:15 pm.
  • 480-006 12:15 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert H. Finch, and Donald H. Rumsfeld met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:40 pm.
  • 001-096 12:40 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:40 pm to 12:41 pm.
  • 480-007 12:40 PM · 33 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:40 pm to 12:41 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 480-001, April 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/480-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).