Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 601 › Conversation 601-019
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Saturday, October 23, 1971 · 12:17 PM–12:21 PM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified chief petty officer in the Oval Office. The conversation appears to be administrative or routine in nature, as it concluded in less than four minutes. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were recorded during this exchange.
- Oval Office
- Military personnel
- Presidential administration
- Administrative visit
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NARA Description
On October 23, 1971, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 601-19 Date: October 23, 1971 Time: Unknown between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with an unknown chief petty officer. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 9s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** The unknown chief petty officer left at an unknown time before 12:21 pm.
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.
- 601-018 12:17 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:17 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 601-019, October 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/601-019 (accessed October 12, 2026).