Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 516 › Conversation 516-013
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and White House Tapes
Thursday, June 10, 1971 · 11:01 AM–12:21 PM ET · Oval Office ·27 sec
AI Summary
This recording consists of fragmentary audio featuring unidentified participants meeting in the Oval Office. Due to the lack of intelligible transcript content, no specific policy discussions, decisions, or action items can be identified. The exchange serves as a brief, unresolved segment of administrative or social activity within the President's daily schedule.
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NARA Description
On June 10, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 12:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 516-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 516-13
Date: June 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:01 am and 12:21 pm
Location: Oval Office
An unknown person talked with an unknown person
President’s location
-Cabinet Room
[End of telephone conversation]
An unknown person entered at an unknown time before 12:21 pm
President’s schedule
The unknown people left at an unknown time before 12:21 pmAlso recorded on June 10, 1971
- 257-001 9:10 AM · 1 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 7:35 pm.
- 516-002 9:11 AM · 1 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Jacob D. Beam, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:11 am to 10:56 am.
- 516-003 10:56 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Peter M. Flanigan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:56 am to 11:01 am.
- 060-003 11:01 AM · 1 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and railroad executives, including Benjamin F. Biaggini, Tom Rice, Jack Fishwick, Graham Claytor, William H. Moore, Hays Watkins, William Johnson, Frank Barnette, Louis Menk, John Reed, Stephen Ailes, John A. Volpe, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Charles Clapp, George Crawford, and Peter M. Flanigan, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:59 pm.
- 060-004 12:21 PM · 7 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 516-004 12:21 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Peter M. Flanigan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:21 pm to 12:23 pm.
- 516-005 12:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Horace Hampton, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:29 pm.
- 516-006 12:29 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Everett D. Collier, Philip G. Warner, Herbert G. Klein, White House photographer, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:29 pm to 12:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 516-013, June 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/516-013 (accessed September 18, 2026).