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Conversation 496-001

TapeTape 496StartMonday, May 10, 1971 at 8:00 AMEndMonday, May 10, 1971 at 12:46 PMTape start time00:01:35Tape end time00:07:35Participants[Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceOval Office
AudioNARA Description

On May 10, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:00 am and 12:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 496-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 496-1

Date: May 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:00 am and 12:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown persons met.

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The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Oh, no.
He asked me if I could take a life off.
He said, well, no.
No.
Normally, there's no children.
There's no, uh...
There's a lot of them.
I just want to be able to sit down there and see if there's children.
And he said, I'm looking.
He asked me if I could take a life off.
He said, well, no.
He asked me if I could take a life off.
I don't know what I'm doing.
I'm all scared.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
It's warm in here.
Wait a minute.
They were working on here at the emergency center.
At that moment, there's no one's on guard.
See, he doesn't get it normally.
He doesn't get it.
There's another one coming.
I don't think we're going to make it.
And how come those are dead?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Thank you.
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