Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 490 › Conversation 490-005
Nixon & Conant on Presidential photography and farewell
Thursday, April 29, 1971 · 12:52 PM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with professional photographer Howell Conant in the Oval Office for a brief farewell session. This interaction served as a concluding engagement for Conant before his departure from the White House. No policy matters or substantive political decisions were addressed during this social meeting.
- Howell Conant
- Presidential photography
- farewell
- Oval Office
- White House personnel
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Howell Conant met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:52 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 490-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 490-5
Date: April 29, 1971
Time: 12:52 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Howell Conant.
Farewells
Conant left at 12:52 pm.Also recorded on April 29, 1971
- 490-002 12:04 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Valerija B. Raulinaitis, Robert E. Hampton, Barbara H. Franklin, Vickie L. Keller, Jayne B. Spain, Sallyanne Payton, Frederic V. Malek, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, Tricia Nixon Cox, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:04 pm to 12:42 pm.
- 490-003 12:42 PM · 22 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:52 pm.
- 490-004 12:42 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:52 pm.
- 490-006 12:52 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:52 pm to 12:53 pm.
- 490-007 12:53 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:53 pm to 1:17 pm.
- 251-033 1:17 PM · 6 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 1:17 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 251-034 1:17 PM · 6 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 1:17 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 490-008 1:17 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:17 pm on April 29, 1971 and 7:39 am on May 4, 1971.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 490-005, April 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/490-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).