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Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office

Saturday, October 23, 1971 · 12:17 PM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation601-018 on Tape 601 (tape position 03:15:59–03:16:18)StartSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 12:17 PMEndSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 12:17 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 601-018 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179297 ↗

A 7-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 601-18

Date: October 23, 1971
Time: 12:17 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 12-107]

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Also recorded on October 23, 1971

  • 012-106 11:59 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, King Hassan, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:59 am to 12:08 pm.
  • 601-017 11:59 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Alex G. Toumayan, and King Hassan met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:17 pm.
  • 012-107 12:17 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:17 pm.
  • 601-019 12:17 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
  • 601-020 12:17 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
  • 601-021 12:17 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
  • 601-022 12:17 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:25 pm.
  • 601-023 12:25 PM · 29 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 601-018, October 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179297). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/601-018 (accessed November 2, 2026).