Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 527 › Conversation 527-017
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and unintelligible recording
Tuesday, June 22, 1971 · 6:46 PM–10:43 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, late-evening meeting in the Oval Office with unidentified individuals. The audio recording consists entirely of unintelligible segments, yielding no identifiable policy discussions, substantive developments, or actionable outcomes. Consequently, the historical record for this exchange remains incomplete due to the lack of audible content.
- Oval Office
- Presidential communications
- unintelligible recording
Audio
NARA Description
On June 22, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:46 pm and 10:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 527-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 527-17
Date: June 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:46 pm and 10:43 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 01/17/2020.]
[Unintelligible]
[527-017-w001]
[Duration: 1m 1s]
The President
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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 10:43 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 527-017, June 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417178069). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/527-017 (accessed November 2, 2026).