Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 576 › Conversation 576-015

Nixon, Au & LeTendre on U.S. Jaycees and Oval Office

Monday, September 20, 1971 · 12:25 PM–12:44 PM ET · Oval Office · 53 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Au, Ronald G. S.; LeTendre, Andre; Bell, George T.; White House photographerConversation576-015 on Tape 576 (tape position 06:33:22–06:34:10)StartMonday, September 20, 1971 at 12:25 PMEndMonday, September 20, 1971 at 12:44 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 576-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Ronald G. S. Au, the President of the U.S. Jaycees, along with Andre LeTendre and George T. Bell to host a formal photo opportunity in the Oval Office. The participants exchanged pleasantries and brief remarks regarding the photography session. Discussions touched upon Au’s recent trip and the scheduling of an upcoming meeting with Arthur F. Burns before the recording was interrupted.

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Well, how are you?

Congratulations.

Hi, how are you?

Good to have you here.

I thought we got a formal shot for you.

I was here.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

And if anyone's sitting at the desk talking about this trick, we're gonna use it now for QA.

Yeah, we'll give you a nice quote there.

Uh...

If anyone burns, we'll lay them on fire.

NARA Description

On September 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald G. S. Au, Andre LeTendre, George T. Bell, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 576-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 576-015/577-001

Date: September 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:25 pm and 12:44 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald G. S. Au, Andre LeTendre, and George T. Bell; the White House
photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

     Ronald Au
          -President of the United States [US] Jaycees

     Andre LeTendre

     [Photographs]

     Au's trip

     Arthur F. Burns
          -Delay in meeting

This conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 12:44 pm.

[An unknown portion of the conversation was not recorded while the tape was being changed]

Also recorded on September 20, 1971

009-094 12:00 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:45 pm.
576-012 12:01 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 pm and 12:10 pm.
576-013 12:10 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Phyllis A. George, Laurie Lee Schaefer, Dorothy Chevager, Stephen B. Bull, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:10 pm to 12:24 pm.
576-014 12:24 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 12:25 pm.
577-001 12:25 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald G. S. Au, Andre LeTendre, George T. Bell, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:44 pm.
577-002 12:44 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:44 pm to 12:45 pm.
009-095 12:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:46 pm.
577-003 12:45 PM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, Arthur F. Burns, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 1:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 576-015, September 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/576-015 (accessed October 12, 2026).