Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 549 › Conversation 549-022
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Wednesday, July 28, 1971 · 2:58 PM–3:04 PM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The interaction was primarily social or logistical in nature, involving requests for refreshments such as coffee and tea. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief encounter.
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NARA Description
On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:58 pm and 3:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 549-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 549-022
Date: July 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:58 pm and 3:04 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/01/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[549-022-w001]
[Duration: 10s]
Request
-Refreshment for Spiro T. Agnew
-Coffee
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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:04 pm.Also recorded on July 28, 1971
- 549-017 1:25 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 549-018 2:54 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:54 pm to 2:58 pm.
- 549-019 2:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:58 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 549-020 2:58 PM · 17 sec — Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:58 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 549-021 2:58 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:58 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 549-023 2:58 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:58 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 549-024 3:04 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:04 pm to 3:05 pm.
- 549-025 3:05 PM · 1 hr 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, John A. Scali, Manolo Sanchez, Ronald L. Ziegler, Joseph S. Farlans, White House photographer, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 4:54 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 549-022, 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/549-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).