Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 498 › Conversation 498-014
Nixon & Chapin on White House events and Accommodations
Thursday, May 13, 1971 · 3:38 PM–3:39 PM ET · Oval Office · 43 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin discuss logistics for an upcoming event involving Tricia Nixon and her mother, specifically regarding hotel accommodations. The conversation focuses on ensuring the arrangements meet the President’s expectations for the guests' attendance. No major policy decisions were made during this brief exchange.
- Tricia Nixon
- Logistics
- White House events
- Accommodations
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NARA Description
On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:38 pm to 3:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 498-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 498-014
Date: May 13, 1971
Time: 3:38 pm - 3:39 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with Dwight L. Chapin
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/23/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[498-014-w001]
[Duration: 39s]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 003-044]
[End of telephone conversation]
**********************************************************************Also recorded on May 13, 1971
- 003-042 3:35 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 003-043 3:35 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 498-012 3:35 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 498-013 3:35 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 003-044 3:38 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone from 3:38 pm to 3:39 pm.
- 498-015 3:40 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, J. Glenn Beall, Jr., White House operator, Clark MacGregor, John D. Ehrlichman, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:40 pm to 4:27 pm.
- 003-045 3:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Glenn Beall, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:44 pm.
- 003-046 3:46 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at 3:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 498-014, May 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/498-014 (accessed October 12, 2026).