Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 574 › Conversation 574-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Administrative…

Friday, September 17, 1971 · 8:44 AM–9:08 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation574-002 on Tape 574 (tape position 00:10:30–00:15:43)StartFriday, September 17, 1971 at 8:44 AMEndFriday, September 17, 1971 at 9:08 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 574-002 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified woman in the Oval Office to conduct routine administrative business. The discussion focused primarily on reviewing and securing the President's signature on various official documents. The meeting concluded with the woman's departure, signifying the completion of the requested paperwork.

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On September 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 574-002 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 574-2

Date: September 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:44 am and 9:08 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown woman.

     Assent on items requiring signature

The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 9:08 am.
  • 574-001 8:44 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 9:08 am.
  • 009-057 9:08 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:08 am and 9:17 am.
  • 574-003 9:08 AM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, White House operator, unknown person(s), Robert T. Stafford, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 10:03 am.
  • 009-058 9:17 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert T. Stafford talked on the telephone from 9:17 am to 9:18 am.
  • 009-059 9:18 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 10:03 am.
  • 009-060 9:18 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 11:43 am.
  • 574-004 10:04 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles S. Rhyne, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:04 am to 10:26 am.
  • 574-005 10:26 AM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Maurice H. Stans, George P. Shultz, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, Corneliu Bogdan, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:26 am to 11:29 am.

Conversation 574-002, September 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/574-002 (accessed September 26, 2026).