Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 523 › Conversation 523-001
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Presidential meetings
Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 2:15 PM–2:58 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to conduct private business. Due to the lack of a transcript and the presence of withdrawn material, the specific substance of the discussion remains undocumented. The session was brief, concluding before 2:58 pm.
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NARA Description
On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:15 pm and 2:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 523-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 523-001 Date: June 16, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:15 pm and 2:58 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with an unknown person. ********************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/24/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [523-001-w001] [Duration: 3s] [This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.] *********************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:58 pm.
Also recorded on June 16, 1971
- 522-007 12:59 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:04 pm.
- 522-008 1:04 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 1:15 pm.
- 522-009 1:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 1:15 pm.
- 522-010 1:15 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:27 pm.
- 522-011 1:27 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:27 pm to 2:15 pm.
- 523-002 2:58 PM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Swaran Singh, Lakshmi Kant Jha, Kenneth B. Keating, Joseph J. Sisco, White House photographer, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:58 pm to 3:41 pm.
- 523-003 3:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:43 pm.
- 523-004 3:41 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles Bluhdorn, John D. Ehrlichman, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 4:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 523-001, June 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/523-001 (accessed October 22, 2026).