Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 584 › Conversation 584-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Tuesday, October 5, 1971 · 9:02 AM–9:12 AM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation584-002 on Tape 584 (tape position 00:04:23–00:06:33)StartTuesday, October 5, 1971 at 9:02 AMEndTuesday, October 5, 1971 at 9:12 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 584-002 ↗

President Nixon held a brief ten-minute meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The entirety of the recorded segment consists of a brief, withdrawn personal exchange. Due to the lack of a transcript and the restricted nature of the audio, no substantive policy discussions or actionable decisions were documented during this encounter.

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On October 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 584-002 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 584-2

Date: October 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:02 am and 9:12 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:12 am.
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Conversation 584-002, October 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/584-002 (accessed September 28, 2026).