Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 595 › Conversation 595-005
Nixon, Pardee & Burman on Professional Football and Washington Redskins
Monday, October 18, 1971 · 2:32 PM–2:44 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon hosted a social visit in the Oval Office for professional football players Jack Pardee, George Burman, and Maxie Baughan, along with their spouses and children. The meeting served as a ceremonial event featuring a White House tour and photo opportunities, with the President discussing the importance of football in the Washington, D.C. community. The conversation covered various aspects of the sport, including local team news and personal family backgrounds, before concluding with the exchange of gifts and farewells.
- Richard Nixon
- Professional Football
- Washington Redskins
- Oval Office
- Ceremonial Visits
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On October 18, 1971, >President Richard M. Nixon, Jack Pardee, Phyllis Lane (Perryman) Pardee, George Burman, Mrs. George Burman, Maxie Baughan, Mrs. Maxie Baughan, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 595-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 595-5
Date: October 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:32 pm and 2:44 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pardee, their four children; Mr. and Mrs. George
Burman, their child; Mr. and Mrs. Maxie Baughan, their three children and Stephen B. Bull.
[The White House photographer and press photographers were present at the beginning of the
meeting]
Introductions
-Mrs. Jack Pardee
-California
-Maxie Baughan
-Diane Baughan
-Huntington Beach
-The President’s recollection
-George Burman
White House tour
Photographs
Football
-Importance to Washington
The photographers left at an unknown time before 2:44 pm.
-Washington Redskins
-Game with Los Angeles Rams
-Sammy Baugh
-Steve Owens
-George E. Allen
-John Brough [?]
-Ara Parsegian
Gift presentations
Football
Farewells
Family backgrounds
Pardee, et al. left at 2:43 pm.
The President's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 2:44 pm.Also recorded on October 18, 1971
- 595-003 1:29 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 2:22 pm.
- 595-004 1:29 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 2:32 pm.
- 011-107 2:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
- 011-108 2:24 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 4:56 pm.
- 011-109 2:24 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 4:56 pm.
- 011-110 2:24 PM · 25 sec — the White House operator and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 4:56 pm.
- 595-006 3:10 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm.
- 595-007 3:11 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert F. Ellsworth, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:11 pm to 3:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 595-005, October 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/595-005 (accessed October 14, 2026).