Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 596 › Conversation 596-002
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Casual conversation
Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 8:06 AM–10:14 AM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office to engage in casual, informal dialogue. The exchange consists of brief, ambient remarks regarding the presence of a cat and general conversational filler. No substantive policy matters, political strategy, or administrative decisions were documented during this short interaction.
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 00:06:18 into the tape and ends around 00:08:25.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On October 19, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:06 am and 10:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 596-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 596-2
Date: October 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:06 am and 10:14 am
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
The President's location
The unknown people left at an unknown time before 10:14 am.Also recorded on October 19, 1971
- 011-123 7:53 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
- 011-124 7:53 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
- 011-125 7:53 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
- 011-126 7:53 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
- 011-127 7:53 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
- 596-001 7:53 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 8:06 am.
- 080-002 8:06 AM · 1 hr 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional leaders, including William P. Rogers, Charls E. Walker, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Gordon L. Allott, Peter H. Dominick, Norris Cotton, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, John J. Rhodes, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Richard H. Poff, Samuel L. Devine, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, Harry S. Dent, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Eugene S. Cowen, Patrick J. Buchanan, Bryce N. Harlow, and Ronald L. Ziegler, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:06 am to 9:55 am.
- 596-003 10:14 AM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:55 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 596-002, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/596-002 (accessed October 14, 2026).