Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 556 › Conversation 556-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office operations

Friday, August 6, 1971 · 10:00 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation556-002 onTape 556 (tape position 00:17:31–00:17:59)StartFriday, August 6, 1971 at 10:00 AMEndFriday, August 6, 1971 at 10:00 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 556-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual to discuss matters related to his official schedule. The exchange was extremely short, concluding at the very start of the recorded interval. No further details regarding the substance of the discussion are available due to the brevity of the encounter and the lack of a transcript.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On August 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 556-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 556-2

Date: August 6, 1971
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

     President's schedule

The unknown man left at 10:00 am.

Also recorded on August 6, 1971

  • 556-001 9:42 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:42 am to 10:00 am.
  • 556-003 10:00 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:00 am to 10:03 am.
  • 556-020 10:03 AM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 10:54 am.
  • 556-004 10:34 AM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, John B. Connally, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., George H. W. Bush, Rudolph A. Peterson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:34 am to 11:38 am.
  • 556-005 11:39 AM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Leslie C. Arends, Gerald R. Ford, Robert P. Griffin, Hugh Scott, William E. Timmons, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:39 am to 12:02 pm.
  • 556-006 12:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:06 pm.
  • 556-007 12:02 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:06 pm.
  • 007-064 12:06 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:06 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 556-002, August 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/556-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).