President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. Due to the lack of an available transcript or audio clarity, the specific subject matter and any resulting policy decisions remain undocumented in the historical record. This encounter serves as a placeholder within the White House taping system logs, reflecting the presence of unrecorded private consultations during the administration.
On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 566-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 566-8
Date: August 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:12 pm and 2:23 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
[Unintelligible]
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:23 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.