President Nixon held a brief, six-minute meeting in the Oval Office to return an unspecified phone call. The identity of the other participant remains unrecorded, and the lack of a surviving transcript precludes any determination of the substantive topics discussed. Consequently, no specific policy decisions or action items can be identified from this interaction.
On May 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 495-17
Date: May 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:26 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with an unknown person.
Return of phone callNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.