Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 514 › Conversation 514-005
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on John D. Ehrlichman
Tuesday, June 8, 1971 · 9:40 AM–9:43 AM ET · Oval Office · 25 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief, informal request for the presence of several key administration figures, including John D. Ehrlichman, Caspar Weinberger, and John N. Mitchell. The conversation is fragmentary and focuses on coordinating their immediate arrival at the Oval Office. No major policy decisions or substantive strategic discussions are recorded during this short exchange.
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NARA Description
On June 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 9:43 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 514-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 514-5
Date: June 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:40 am and 9:43 am
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with an unknown person
Request for John D. Ehrlichman, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger, and John N. MitchellAlso recorded on June 8, 1971
- 514-006 9:40 AM · 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 9:40 am and 9:43 am.
- 514-007 9:43 AM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dwight L. Chapin, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Curtis W. Tarr, Stephen B. Bull, and Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:43 am to 10:31 am.
- 004-068 9:44 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am.
- 004-069 9:45 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:45 am.
- 004-070 9:45 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Curtis W. Tarr talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:47 am.
- 004-071 9:47 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:47 am and 1:45 pm.
- 060-002 10:31 AM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Board of Directors for Amtrak, including John A. Volpe, Roger Lewis, David W. Kendall, Catherine May Bedell, Gen. Frank S. Besson, David E. Bradshaw, John J. Gilhooley, Arthur D. Lewis, Charles Luna, John P. Olsson, William H. Moore, William J. Quinn, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Charles Clapp, and Donald B. Rice, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:31 am and 11:59 pm.
- 514-008 11:06 AM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, Milton Friedman, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 12:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 514-005, June 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/514-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).