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Tuesday, June 15, 1971 · 7:59 AM–9:48 AM ET · Oval Office · 40 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation520-011 on Tape 520 (tape position 00:03:13–00:03:58)StartTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 7:59 AMEndTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 9:48 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 520-011 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a brief, 41-second exchange between President Nixon and unidentified individuals in the Oval Office. Due to the poor audio quality and lack of discernible content, the discussion remains unintelligible. No substantive policy matters, decisions, or action items can be extracted from this fragment.

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NARA Description

On June 15, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:59 am and 9:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 520-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 520-011

Date: June 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:59 am and 9:48 am
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people met

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/16/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[520-011-w001]
[Duration: 41s]

     Request

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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 9:48 am

Also recorded on June 15, 1971

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  • 520-001 7:56 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:56 am to 7:59 am.
  • 520-002 9:48 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 9:56 am.
  • 520-012 9:48 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 9:56 am.
  • 520-003 9:56 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, William N. Brown, H. Jackson Pontius, Fred C. Tucker, Jr., Donald I. Hovde, John C. Williamson, George W. Romney, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry C. Cashen, II, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:56 am to 10:37 am.
  • 520-004 10:39 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:39 am to 10:59 am.
  • 520-005 10:59 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:02 am.
  • 520-006 11:02 AM · 1 hr 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Willy Brandt, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, Egon Bahr, Rolf Pauls, Conrad Ahlers, Hermann Kusterer, Wolf-Dietrich Schilling, and Harry Obst met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:02 am to 12:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 520-011, June 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/520-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).