Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 549 › Conversation 549-006
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Construction projects
Wednesday, July 28, 1971 · 10:02 AM–10:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office to briefly discuss the status of various building projects. The conversation remained largely unintelligible, consisting primarily of speculative remarks regarding the physical presence and location of these structures. No substantive policy decisions or actionable directives were recorded during this brief exchange.
- Oval Office
- Construction projects
- White House infrastructure
- Building status
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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 549-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 549-006
Date: July 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:02 am and 10:20 am
Location: Oval Office
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Unknown men met.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 07/01/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[549-006-w001]
[Duration: 1m 14s]
[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]
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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.
- 549-005 10:02 AM · 18 sec — 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 549-006, 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/549-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).