Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 514 › Conversation 514-021
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Redacted
Tuesday, June 8, 1971 · 8:03 AM–9:40 AM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures a brief eighteen-second exchange between President Nixon and unidentified participants in the Oval Office. Due to the audio quality and the redaction of the material under federal statute, the specific substance of the dialogue remains inaccessible. No discernable policy decisions or significant developments are audible in the remaining available segments.
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NARA Description
On June 8, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 9:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 514-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 514-21
Date: June 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:03 am and 9:40 am
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
cleared for release. The withdrawal is now categorized as a PRMPA Federal Statute (A) and
was reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2019.]
[Federal Statute]
[514-021-w001]
[Duration: 18s]
The President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 9:40 amAlso recorded on June 8, 1971
- 514-001 7:53 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 8:03 am.
- 514-002 7:53 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 8:03 am.
- 514-003 7:53 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:53 am to 7:55 am.
- 514-004 7:55 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:55 am to 8:02 am.
- 004-066 7:59 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 7:59 am to 8:02 am.
- 004-067 8:02 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 9:44 am.
- 060-001 8:03 AM · 1 hr 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Cabinet officers, and staffers, including John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red"), Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Robert J. Brown, Edward L. Morgan, Edwin L. Harper, John C. Whitaker, Neal Ball, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Raymond J. Waldman, Leonard Garment, John F. Evans, Jr., Lewis A. Engman, Roy D. Morey, Peter Michel, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Martin C. ("Marty") Anderson, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Paul W. McCracken, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arnold R. Weber, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 10:31 am.
- 514-020 8:03 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:03 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 514-021, 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/514-021 (accessed October 12, 2026).