Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 549 › Conversation 549-005
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and White House Tapes
Wednesday, July 28, 1971 · 10:02 AM–10:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures a brief, largely unintelligible encounter in the Oval Office between President Nixon and unknown visitors. Despite the historical record noting the presence of unidentified participants, the audio consists primarily of ambient room noise and muffled conversation. Due to the poor quality of the recording, no substantive policy discussions, decisions, or actionable directives can be discerned from the segment.
- Oval Office
- White House Tapes
- Unidentified visitors
- Audio preservation
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NARA Description
On July 28, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 549-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 549-005 Date: July 28, 1971 Time: Unknown between 10:02 am and 10:20 am Location: Oval Office Unknown men entered. ****************************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 07/01/2019.] [Unintelligible] [549-005-w001] [Duration: 18s] [This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.] ****************************************************************************** The unknown men left at an unknown time before 10:20 am.
Also recorded on July 28, 1971
- 549-001 9:00 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:02 am.
- 549-002 9:00 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:02 am.
- 007-017 9:02 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:02 am to 9:03 am.
- 549-003 9:02 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:02 am to 9:03 am.
- 007-018 9:03 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 5:41 pm.
- 549-004 9:03 AM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:03 am to 10:00 am.
- 549-006 10:02 AM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:20 am.
- 549-007 10:20 AM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:20 am to 11:16 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 549-005, July 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/549-005 (accessed October 13, 2026).