Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 488 › Conversation 488-008

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Spiro Agnew

Tuesday, April 27, 1971 · 7:52 AM–7:53 AM ET · Oval Office · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation488-008 on Tape 488 (tape position 00:38:31–00:38:52)StartTuesday, April 27, 1971 at 7:52 AMEndTuesday, April 27, 1971 at 7:53 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 488-008 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417176747 ↗

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NARA Description

On April 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:52 am to 7:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 488-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 488-8

Date: April 27, 1971
Time: 7:52 am - 7:53 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

     President's schedule
           -Meeting with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
                 -Agnew's location

The unknown man left at 7:53 am.

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Also recorded on April 27, 1971

  • 488-007 7:52 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:52 am to 7:53 am.
  • 488-009 7:53 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:53 am to 7:54 am.
  • 488-010 7:55 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:55 am to 8:04 am.
  • 055-003 8:04 AM · 1 hr 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and members of the Cabinet, including John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, James T. Lynn, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert J. Brown, Robert J. Dole, Arthur J. Sohmer, Donald E. Johnson, and Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:04 am to 9:43 am.
  • 488-011 9:55 AM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:05 am.
  • 488-012 10:05 AM · 11 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, James C. Fletcher, James A. Belson, Fay Fletcher, Ginger Fletcher, Mary Susan Fletcher, James S. Fletcher, Wallace F. Bennett, Clinton P. Anderson, Carl T. Curtis, George P. Miller, Olin E. Teague, James J. Fulton, George M. Low, Richard C. McCurdy, Helen D. Bentlye, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Clay T. ("Tom") Whitehead, William E. Kriegsman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Thomas O. Paine met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:16 am.
  • 488-013 10:16 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:19 am.
  • 488-014 10:16 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:19 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 488-008, April 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176747). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/488-008 (accessed November 6, 2026).