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Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Facility management

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

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation517-001 on Tape 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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417177841 ↗

An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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.

Conversation No. 517-001

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

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If the door was open this way...
  • 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.

Conversation 517-001, June 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417177841). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/517-001 (accessed November 2, 2026).