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Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Thursday, June 3, 1971 · 1:57 PM–2:47 PM ET · Oval Office · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation509-010 on Tape 509 (tape position 02:19:51–02:20:30)StartThursday, June 3, 1971 at 1:57 PMEndThursday, June 3, 1971 at 2:47 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 509-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to conduct internal administration business. The recording captures only a brief, fragmented exclamation from the visitor, providing no substantial information regarding policy discussions or administrative actions. Consequently, the specific nature and outcome of this interaction remain historical unknowns due to the lack of audible dialogue.

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Oh, God.

NARA Description

On June 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:57 pm and 2:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 509-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 509-010

Date: June 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:57 pm and 2:47 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man

     Instructions

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:47 pm

Also recorded on June 3, 1971

  • 509-011 1:57 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:57 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 509-012 1:57 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:57 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 509-013 1:57 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 1:57 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 004-020 2:47 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
  • 509-014 2:47 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:47 pm to 3:06 pm.
  • 004-021 3:06 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 3:06 pm to 3:07 pm.
  • 509-015 3:06 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:06 pm to 3:07 pm.
  • 509-016 3:07 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 3:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 509-010, June 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/509-010 (accessed October 12, 2026).