Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 592 › Conversation 592-009

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Foreign policy

Thursday, October 14, 1971 · 11:08 AM–11:16 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation592-009 on Tape 592 (tape position 01:48:20–01:49:18)StartThursday, October 14, 1971 at 11:08 AMEndThursday, October 14, 1971 at 11:16 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 592-009 ↗

President Nixon met with Henry Kissinger and an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to discuss foreign policy matters. The brief meeting, lasting less than eight minutes, focused on ongoing international concerns managed by the National Security Council. No specific decisions were recorded due to the lack of an available transcript.

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On October 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 592-009 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 592-9

Date: October 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:08 am and 11:16 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.

     Henry A. Kissinger

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:16 am.
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Conversation 592-009, 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/592-009 (accessed September 28, 2026).