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Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and White House Tapes

Friday, October 15, 1971 · 12:56 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation593-018 on Tape 593 (tape position 03:42:23–03:43:01)StartFriday, October 15, 1971 at 12:56 PMEndFriday, October 15, 1971 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 593-018 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures an unidentified meeting in the Oval Office, though technical limitations and the lack of a transcript render the specific context, participants, and subject matter unknown. Given the absence of audible content, no substantive policy discussions, decisions, or action items can be verified from this archival fragment. The recording remains a placeholder in the historical record of the Nixon administration's internal communications.

Audio

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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 03:42:23 to 03:43:01 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 15, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 593-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 593-18

Date: October 15, 1971

Time: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people met at an unknown time.

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.

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 15, 1971

  • 593-010 10:08 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Henry A. Kissinger, Robert S. McNamara, White House photographer, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:08 am to 10:37 am.
  • 593-011 10:38 AM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, John N. Mitchell, John D. Ehrlichman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:38 am to 11:32 am.
  • 593-012 11:32 AM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:32 am to 11:36 am.
  • 593-013 12:15 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:50 pm.
  • 593-014 12:15 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:50 pm.
  • 593-015 12:15 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:50 pm.
  • 593-016 12:15 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:50 pm.
  • 593-017 12:50 PM · 4 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:50 pm to 12:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 593-018, October 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/593-018 (accessed November 2, 2026).