Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 502 › Conversation 502-010
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Thursday, May 20, 1971 · 11:10 AM–11:18 AM ET · Oval Office · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unknown individual to briefly discuss a specific, albeit now unintelligible, proposal or piece of information. The interaction was brief, centered on the delivery of an answer or resolution, and included the distinct sound of a typewriter. No major policy decisions or significant administrative actions were recorded during this short exchange.
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NARA Description
On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:18 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 502-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 502-10
Date: May 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:10 am and 11:18 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
[Unintelligible]
Typewriter
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:18 am.Also recorded on May 20, 1971
- 502-007 9:49 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:49 am to 10:03 am.
- 502-008 10:03 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 10:09 am.
- 502-009 10:09 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:09 am to 10:12 am.
- 058-005 10:15 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and bipartisan Congressional leaders and staffers, including William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gerard C. Smith, Henry A. Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Herbert G. Klein, John A. Scali, Hugh Scott, Allen J. Ellender, J. William Fulbright, John C. Stennis, Margaret Chase Smith, George D. Aiken, Robert P. Griffin, Milton R. Young, Robert C. Byrd, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Leslie Arends, William S. Mailliard, Frank T. Bow, F. Edward Hébert, Gerald R. Ford, Dr. Thomas E. ("Doc") Morgan, Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr., and George H. Mahon, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:15 am to 11:05 am.
- 502-011 11:18 AM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Gerald R. Ford, Rose Mary Woods, and Mark I. Goode met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:18 am to 11:59 am.
- 003-080 11:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone from 11:50 am to 11:53 am.
- 502-012 12:05 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), John A. Scali, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:05 pm to 12:48 pm.
- 003-081 12:31 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John A. Scali talked on the telephone at 12:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 502-010, May 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/502-010 (accessed October 12, 2026).