President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to facilitate the delivery of specific materials. The primary objective of the encounter was to arrange for the transfer of items intended for White House aide Patrick J. Buchanan. No further policy discussions or significant political developments were captured during this brief exchange.
On October 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 593-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 593-3
Date: October 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:43 am and 9:09 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
Item to be delivered to Patrick J. Buchanan
Unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:09 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.