Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 599 › Conversation 599-007
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Friday, October 22, 1971 · 10:40 AM ET · Oval Office ·21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The encounter lasted less than a minute and the content of the discussion remains entirely unintelligible. No substantive policy developments or decisions are recorded as a result of this interaction.
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NARA Description
On October 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 599-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 599-007
Date: October 22, 1971
Time: 10:40 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
[Unintelligible]
The unknown person left at 10:40 am.Also recorded on October 22, 1971
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 599-007, October 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/599-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).