Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 548 › Conversation 548-002
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Henry Kissinger
Tuesday, July 27, 1971 · 2:25 PM–2:29 PM ET · Oval Office · 8 sec
An 8-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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On July 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:25 pm and 2:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 548-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 548-2
Date: July 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:25 pm and 2:29 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:29 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also recorded on July 27, 1971
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- 548-003 2:29 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Marlow W. Cook, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:29 pm to 3:05 pm.
- 007-009 2:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Marlow W. Cook talked on the telephone from 2:49 pm to 2:51 pm.
- 007-010 2:51 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 7:42 pm.
- 007-011 2:51 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 7:42 pm.
- 007-012 2:51 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 7:42 pm.
- 548-004 3:06 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Edward B. ("Pete") Biester, Jr., James E. Wood, Joseph D. Ceader, Alton B. Chamberlain, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:06 pm to 3:10 pm.
- 548-005 3:10 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:10 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 548-002, July 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417178581). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/548-002 (accessed November 2, 2026).