President Nixon held a brief, ten-minute meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified participant. As no transcript is available for this encounter, the specific subject matter and any resulting decisions remain undocumented. The interaction reflects the routine private scheduling of the President's office during this period.
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 2:45 pm and 2:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 566-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 566-13
Date: August 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:45 pm and 2:55 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with an unknown person.
Statement
Unknown man's locationNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.