Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 587 › Conversation 587-011
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and White House Tapes
Friday, October 8, 1971 · 12:30 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
This recording consists of a brief, 103-second segment of audio captured in the Oval Office involving unidentified participants. Due to significant background noise and technical interference, the substance of the meeting remains inaudible. Consequently, no specific policy topics, strategic decisions, or actionable items were recovered from this segment.
- Oval Office
- White House Tapes
- Technical Audio Issues
- Unidentified Participants
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
On October 8, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 587-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 587-11 Date: October 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 11:59 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people met. ************************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 03/02/2020.] [Unintelligible] [587-011-w001] [Duration: 1m 43s] [This portion of the tape is mostly tape noise with some muffled background conversation.] ************************************************************************** The unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.
Also recorded on October 8, 1971
- 587-002 9:46 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:46 am to 10:04 am.
- 587-003 10:04 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:04 am to 10:47 am.
- 587-005 10:47 AM · 8 min — Stephen B. Bull, Charlotte T. Reid, Mrs. Edward C. Thompson, Edward T. Reid, Susan Reid, George Lindner, H. A. Barker, Mrs. H. A. Barker, Lambert Oschsenschlager, Mrs. Lambert Oschsenschlager, Dean Burch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Frederic V. Malek, Frank Nebeker, White House photographer, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:47 am to 10:55 am.
- 587-006 10:55 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 10:58 am.
- 587-007 10:58 AM · 1 hr 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Richard M. Helms, Stephen B. Bull, David M. Kennedy, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter G. Peterson, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:58 am to 12:12 pm.
- 587-008 12:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:17 pm.
- 587-009 12:18 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Wayne Woodrow ("Woody") Hays, Sherman Lloyd, Rene Chazelle, Jacqueline Thome-Patentore, Jean Boinvilliers, Pierre-Bernard Couste, Isadore Renouard, Pierre Billotte, Madame Solange Troisier, Manuel Lujan, Jr., Robert Moinet, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Richard K. Cook, and Charles E. Lucet met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:28 pm.
- 587-010 12:28 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 12:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 587-011, October 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/587-011 (accessed September 28, 2026).