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Conversation 597-004

TapeTape 597StartWednesday, October 20, 1971 at 12:20 PMEndWednesday, October 20, 1971 at 12:30 PMTape start time02:56:34Tape end time03:00:48ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceOval Office
AudioNARA Description

On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 597-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 597-4

Date: October 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:30 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.

     The President's schedule
          -Executive Office Building [EOB]

The unknown person and the President left at 12:30 pm.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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One, one, two.
True.
That's the one thing, sir, we're really going to chop.
We're going to chop off the specials and the new services in the ranch.
Let the AP and the UP know.
What do we have?
They may have a lot more of your things.
He's so obsessed with the idea of setting up these jets over there, and everyone can sit in every meeting, and I make rockers off of somebody else's promises, and he wants Roger to keep it with him so that he can sit and be king and get the such and such.
Well, he doesn't really like that.
It's so obvious that Floyd Rogers can see it.
I have gotten to see, though, I have gotten to see Joe and I alone.
I've also gotten to go on some occasions.
Because I've gotten to every other end of the state, and Henry cannot be there.
I understand.
They can have a major meeting and so forth and so on.
But there must be meetings alone without Henry.
There's another reason for that, which I'm sure occurs.
It had nothing to do with Roger.
You know, it is a curse.
I said, here's Henry.
Oh, yeah, sure.
So that's just, yeah, he had a position of being with us.
You'd better get that to Al now, so that I, that I think that's got to get to Henry.
Is Henry there by now?
Yes.
We got communication, by the way.
Okay, bye.
Bye.
Bye.
Our communication is that I, it is important that I have, because we have had it with every other chief of state, that I must have a meeting with both Joe and I and Mao Zedong at least one meeting apart from meetings and other substantive discussions with only interpreters present.
I should have told him, but that must be said to him so that he doesn't set it up and then come back and tell us
Well, I can't arrange that because we've agreed to something else.
There must be, because we have had it with every Mother of Jesus thing, there must be that in addition to the extended, substantive meetings that we will have, substantive, in addition to all of the meetings that we will have, I must have, on some occasion, a meeting that we will follow.
Sure.
That's the best, we'll get more, that's the best one of them all.
What's the mystery on it?
Nobody exactly knows.
I'm not going to say anything, but I do know that it's true.
This will be the mission.
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