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Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Audio Analysis
Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 12:01 AM–11:22 AM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec
A 7-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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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 588-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 588-22 Date: October 12, 1971 Time: Unknown before 11:22 am Location: Oval Office Unknown people met. ********************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 07/24/2019.] [Unintelligible] [588-022-w001] [Duration: 6s] [This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.] ********************************************************************** The unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:22 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 588-022, October 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179195). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/588-022 (accessed November 12, 2026).