This recording captures ambient background noise and muffled conversation between unidentified individuals during an evening session in the Oval Office. Due to poor audio quality, no substantive discussion, decisions, or specific political topics can be discerned from the segment. The encounter remains historical record despite the lack of intelligible dialogue.
On June 15, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:03 pm and 10:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 521-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 521-14 Date: June 15, 1971 Time: Unknown between 6:03 pm and 10:06 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people talked. ********************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 06/11/2019.] [Unintelligible] [521-014-w001] [Duration: 12s] [This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.] ********************************************************************** Unknown people left at and unknown time before 10:06 pm.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.