Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 483 › Conversation 483-011
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 1:11 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. Although the conversation lasted only a moment, it immediately preceded a scheduled meeting with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. No record of the discussion exists, leaving the nature and purpose of this brief encounter undocumented.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:11 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 483-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 483-11
Date: April 20, 1971
Time: 1:11 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man at 1:11 pm.
Schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
The unknown man left at 1:11 pm.Also recorded on April 20, 1971
- 483-009 12:37 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 12:40 pm.
- 483-010 12:40 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Marcel A. Naville, Melchoir Borsinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:40 pm to 1:10 pm.
- 483-012 1:11 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:11 pm.
- 483-013 1:12 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:12 pm to 1:25 pm.
- 483-014 1:25 PM · 17 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 483-015 1:25 PM · 11 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 251-001 1:26 PM · 6 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 1:26 pm and 2:38 pm.
- 251-002 1:26 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:26 pm and 2:38 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 483-011, April 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/483-011 (accessed October 3, 2026).