Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 514 › Conversation 514-024
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Social visit
Tuesday, June 8, 1971 · 5:31 PM–8:10 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office for a brief, informal engagement. The interaction was largely social in nature, involving room confirmation and a passing reference to the Boston Red Sox baseball team. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
- Oval Office
- Social visit
- Boston Red Sox
- Presidential scheduling
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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 5:31 pm and 8:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 514-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 514-24
Date: June 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 8:10 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 12/18/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[514-024-w001]
[Duration: 1m 8s]
Room confirmation
Boston Red Sox baseball team [?]
[General conversation]
The President
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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:10 pmAlso recorded on June 8, 1971
- 514-016 4:34 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:34 pm to 4:35 pm.
- 514-017 4:34 PM · 1 min — Charles W. Colson and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:34 pm to 4:35 pm.
- 514-018 4:35 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:35 pm to 5:12 pm.
- 514-023 5:12 PM · 30 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:12 pm and 5:22 pm.
- 514-019 5:22 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:22 pm to 5:31 pm.
- 004-075 6:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 6:50 pm to 6:56 pm.
- 004-076 6:56 PM · 38 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, Edward R. F. Cox, and Ray M. Hare talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:56 pm on June 8, 1971 and 8:24 am on June 9, 1971.
- 004-077 6:56 PM · 17 sec — Ray M. Hare and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:56 pm on June 8, 1971 and 8:24 am on June 9, 1971.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 514-024, 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/514-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).