Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 496 › Conversation 496-010
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Document Delivery
Monday, May 10, 1971 · 1:30 PM–2:35 PM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to facilitate the delivery of a specific item to the President. The brief engagement focused on the logistics of this delivery and adjustments to the President’s daily schedule. No further details regarding the nature of the object or broader policy implications were recorded.
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NARA Description
On May 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 496-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 496-010
Date: May 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:35 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person
President’s schedule
-Delivery of item to the President
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:35 pmAlso recorded on May 10, 1971
- 496-005 12:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:46 pm to 12:48 pm.
- 496-006 12:48 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:48 pm and 12:57 pm.
- 496-007 12:48 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:48 pm and 12:57 pm.
- 496-008 12:48 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:48 pm and 12:57 pm.
- 496-009 12:57 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:57 pm to 1:30 pm.
- 496-011 2:35 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:35 pm to 2:39 pm.
- 496-012 2:40 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:40 pm to 3:08 pm.
- 496-013 3:08 PM · 1 hr 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Kathleen O'Melia, Ann Broomell, Tara O'Donahue, White House photographer, George P. Shultz, unknown person(s), Clark MacGregor, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, William P. Rogers, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:08 pm to 4:53 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 496-010, May 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/496-010 (accessed October 3, 2026).