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Friday, June 11, 1971 · 9:37 AM–9:39 AM ET · Oval Office ·11 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation517-001 onTape 517 (tape position 00:00:36–00:01:00)StartFriday, June 11, 1971 at 9:37 AMEndFriday, June 11, 1971 at 9:39 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 517-001 ↗

AI Summary

This brief interaction involved unidentified individuals visiting the Oval Office to address the physical positioning of the office door. The dialogue was limited to a functional observation regarding the door's orientation. No substantive policy matters or significant administrative decisions were recorded during this two-minute exchange.

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If the door was open this way...

NARA Description

On June 11, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:37 am to 9:39 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 517-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 517-1

Date: June 11, 1971
Time: 9:37 am - 9:39 am
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people met

     Open door to office

The unknown people left at unknown time before 9:39 am

Also recorded on June 11, 1971

  • 517-002 9:37 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:37 am and 9:39 am.
  • 517-003 9:37 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:37 am and 9:39 am.
  • 517-004 9:37 AM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:37 am to 10:36 am.
  • 517-005 10:37 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, Roger O. Egeberg, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:37 am to 11:08 am.
  • 517-006 11:08 AM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John Sherman Cooper, Clark MacGregor, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:08 am to 11:56 am.
  • 517-007 11:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 11:58 am.
  • 517-008 11:58 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Samuel L. Devine, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:58 am to 12:20 pm.
  • 517-009 12:20 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:23 pm.

All 34 conversations from June 11, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 517-001, June 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/517-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).