Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 588 › Conversation 588-006
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Unidentified participants
Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 12:01 AM–11:22 AM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec
AI Summary
This recording consists of a brief, four-second segment involving unidentified participants in the Oval Office. Due to the lack of an available transcript and the extremely limited duration of the audio, no substantive policy discussions, decisions, or political exchanges were captured. The segment appears to be a functional or administrative interaction rather than a formal meeting.
- Oval Office
- Unidentified participants
- Administrative
- White House Tapes
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 12, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 11:22 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 588-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 588-6
Date: October 12, 1971
Time: Unknown before 11:22 am
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/24/2019. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-Historical]
[588-006-w001]
[Duration: 4s]
Time request
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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:22 am.Also recorded on October 12, 1971
- 011-047 9:26 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 9:26 pm to 9:34 pm.
- 288-002 9:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:26 pm to 9:34 pm.
- 288-003 9:36 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:36 pm and 9:40 pm.
- 588-004 12:01 AM · 9 sec — Ronald L. Ziegler and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 11:22 am.
- 588-005 12:01 AM · 8 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 11:22 am.
- 588-022 12:01 AM · 7 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 11:22 am.
- 288-004 8:25 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:25 am and 8:30 am.
- 011-048 8:30 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:30 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 588-006, October 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/588-006 (accessed September 28, 2026).