Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 497 › Conversation 497-006
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Tuesday, May 11, 1971 · 12:22 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. The primary focus of the discussion was a review of the President's daily schedule. The interaction concluded immediately after, with no further substantive developments or follow-up actions recorded.
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NARA Description
On May 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 497-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 497-6
Date: May 11, 1971
Time: 12:22 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man at 12:22 pm
The President's schedule
The President and the unknown man left at 12:22 pmAlso recorded on May 11, 1971
- 056-005 9:45 AM · 13 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 11:59 pm.
- 497-001 11:04 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:20 am.
- 497-002 11:20 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William B. Saxbe, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:20 am to 11:51 am.
- 497-003 11:53 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Barnum, Richard S. Bodman, Robert W. Fri, Stephen Kurzman, William N. Letson, Phillip V. Sanchez, Frederic V. Malek, Daniel T. Kinsley, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 12:07 pm.
- 497-004 12:07 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:08 pm.
- 497-005 12:07 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:07 pm to 12:22 pm.
- 497-007 12:22 PM · 6 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:22 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 497-008 2:14 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:14 pm to 3:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 497-006, May 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/497-006 (accessed October 11, 2026).