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
AI Summary
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 The entirety of the recorded segment consists of a brief, withdrawn personal exchange.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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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:12 am.
Also recorded on October 5, 1971
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- 584-001 8:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:56 am to 9:02 am.
- 010-041 9:02 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 3:59 pm.
- 584-003 9:12 AM · 3 hr 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Herbert Stein, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, and William L. Safire met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 1:11 pm.
- 584-004 1:11 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:11 pm.
- 584-005 1:11 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:11 pm to 1:25 pm.
- 584-006 1:25 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 1:32 pm.
- 584-007 1:25 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 1:32 pm.
Cite this conversation
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).