Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 504 › Conversation 504-019

Nixon & Fletcher on Sam Ervin

Thursday, May 27, 1971 · 8:27 PM–9:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Fletcher, Thomas W.Conversation504-019 on Tape 504 (tape position 06:39:46–06:41:01)StartThursday, May 27, 1971 at 8:27 PMEndThursday, May 27, 1971 at 9:00 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 504-019 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417177559 ↗

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On May 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas W. Fletcher met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:27 pm and 9:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 504-019 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 504-19

Date: May 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:27 pm and 9:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President dictated a letter to Thomas W. Fletcher.

     Fletcher
          -Deputy Mayor, Washington, DC
          -San Jose

          -John D. Ehrlichman

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This letter is to Mr. Fletcher, who is the former deputy mayor of Washington and is now in the Senate, saying, I check with Ervin as to his first name.

I think I should call him by his first name.

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003-155 8:19 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:19 pm to 8:20 pm.
003-156 8:20 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:20 pm and 9:05 pm.
003-157 8:20 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:20 pm and 9:05 pm.
003-158 8:20 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:20 pm and 9:05 pm.
504-016 8:27 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:27 pm and 9:00 pm.
504-017 8:27 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:27 pm and 9:00 pm.
504-018 8:27 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John J. McCloy met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:27 pm and 9:00 pm.
504-020 8:27 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:27 pm and 9:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 504-019, May 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417177559). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/504-019 (accessed November 2, 2026).