Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 592 › Conversation 592-004
Nixon & Tkach on Presidential health and Personal staff
Thursday, October 14, 1971 · 9:32 AM–9:34 AM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief two-minute meeting with his personal physician, Dr. Walter R. Tkach, in the Oval Office. The encounter consisted entirely of a withdrawn segment classified as personal and returnable, indicating a private discussion regarding the President's health or personal medical matters. No further policy or administrative actions were recorded during this brief visit.
Audio
part A, 20:00
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 00:20:00 to 00:21:11 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.
NARA Description
On October 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:32 am to 9:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 592-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 592-4 Date: October 14, 1971 Time: 9:32 am - 9:34 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Dr. Walter R. Tkach. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 29s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Dr. Tkach left at 9:34 am.
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.
Also recorded on October 14, 1971
- 011-088 9:14 AM · 6 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-089 9:14 AM · 23 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-090 9:14 AM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-091 9:14 AM · 5 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-092 9:14 AM · 14 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-093 9:14 AM · 36 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and Gerard C. Smith talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 592-005 9:34 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:34 am and 9:36 am.
- 592-006 9:36 AM · 1 hr 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:36 am and 11:08 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 592-004, October 14, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/592-004 (accessed November 13, 2026).