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.
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 AidConversation 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.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.