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Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Unidentified Participants

Tuesday, June 15, 1971 · 6:03 PM–10:06 PM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation521-014 on Tape 521 (tape position 03:32:43–03:33:35)StartTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 6:03 PMEndTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 10:06 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 521-014 ↗

AI Summary

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.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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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 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 Aid

Conversation No. 521-14

Date: June 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:03 pm and 10:06 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people talked.

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[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.]

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Unknown people left at and unknown time before 10:06 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 521-014, 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/521-014 (accessed October 5, 2026).