Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 521 › Conversation 521-016
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and White House Tapes
Tuesday, June 15, 1971 · 6:03 PM–10:06 PM ET · Oval Office · 23 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures a brief, muffled encounter in the Oval Office involving unidentified participants. Due to significant background noise and poor audio quality, the substance of the discussion remains unintelligible. No identifiable topics, decisions, or developments were documented during the twenty-two-second duration of the segment.
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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 521-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 521-16 Date: June 15, 1971 Time: Unknown between 6:03 pm and 10:06 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people met. ********************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 06/11/2019.] [Unintelligible] [521-016-w001] [Duration: 22s] [This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.] ********************************************************************** The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 10:06 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 521-016, 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/521-016 (accessed October 5, 2026).