Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 601 › Conversation 601-025

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Monday, October 25, 1971 · 12:10 PM–12:15 PM ET · Oval Office · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation601-025 on Tape 601 (tape position 03:28:43–03:30:44)StartMonday, October 25, 1971 at 12:10 PMEndMonday, October 25, 1971 at 12:15 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 601-025 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179311 ↗

A 6-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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On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-025 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 601-25

Date: October 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:10 pm and 12:25 pm

Location: Oval Office

The President talked with an unknown person.

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation.

  • 012-108 12:10 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 601-024 12:10 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 601-026 12:10 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 012-109 12:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 601-028 12:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 012-110 12:17 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 601-029 12:17 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 012-111 12:20 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 12:20 pm to 12:31 pm.

Conversation 601-025, October 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179311). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/601-025 (accessed November 2, 2026).