Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 596 › Conversation 596-015

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Charles W. Colson

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 12:53 PM–12:54 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation596-015 on Tape 596 (tape position 02:38:12–02:38:44)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 12:53 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 12:54 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 596-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unknown individual to coordinate a schedule for a meeting with Charles W. Colson. The participants discussed drafting a letter concerning a West Virginia seizure and personal correspondence from Pat Nixon. The conversation concluded with the President acknowledging a photograph and offering congratulations to Dr. Robson.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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2:37:35I'll call you and I'll call you today.
2:37:40I do have the woman's name and Pat's letter to the West Virginia Seizure, and so I'm writing a letter, which you suggested.
2:37:46Well, I got it from Pat.
2:37:48It's not a big thing, but it's interesting.
2:37:50And then I'm going to say at the end that you said since you were unable, Pat was with you when the two of you met.
2:37:58And I said that since you were unable to have a basic lifter, that you're extending your own lens so it's often one of those little bow pins or something like that.
2:38:10Congratulations to Mr. Robson, Dr. Robson, and all that.
2:38:13Have a good day.
2:38:21Have a good day.
2:38:25I think that's the best one I've ever seen of anyone.
2:38:33Oh, you have to, for his to.
2:38:41Well, of course, he did that from a photograph.

NARA Description

On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 12:54 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 596-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 596-15

Date: October 19, 1971

Time: Unknown between 12:53 pm and 12:54 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.

     Request for meeting with Charles W. Colson
         -Colson's schedule

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:54 pm.

Also recorded on October 19, 1971

  • 011-128 12:42 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard H. Poff talked on the telephone from 12:42 pm to 12:43 pm.
  • 011-129 12:45 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:46 pm.
  • 011-130 12:46 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:54 pm.
  • 596-014 12:53 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:53 pm.
  • 011-131 12:54 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 12:54 pm to 12:56 pm.
  • 011-132 12:54 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:54 pm and 1:26 pm.
  • 596-016 12:54 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:54 pm to 12:56 pm.
  • 596-017 12:56 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:56 pm to 1:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 596-015, 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/596-015 (accessed September 28, 2026).