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.
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 AidConversation No. 496-10
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 pmNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.