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Nixon White House recording on Oval Office

Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 1:39 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 58 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation602-011 on Tape 602 (tape position 03:55:15–03:56:16)StartTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 1:39 PMEndTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 602-011 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179357 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held an informal meeting in the Oval Office with unidentified individuals, including two children. The discussion focused on routine administrative logistics, such as the President's scheduled move to the Old Executive Office Building and the placement of Secret Service personnel. The interaction concluded with the parties preparing to relocate to another room.

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NARA Description

On October 26, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 602-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 602-11

Date: October 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:39 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people met.

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

     Secret Service duty station

     The President’s location
          -EOB

The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Your breath is coming through.
Can I see your voice?
You want?
Yeah.
Thank you.
How old are you?
Yeah.
How old are you?
How old are you?
Is he?
Yeah, he's nine years old.
How old are you?
Ten.
There he is.
Yeah, there he is.
Move.
I thought I was just holding it.
We're going to get out of the room.
Into the bell room, right?
Yeah.
Okay.
Now he's got to be here.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 602-011, October 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179357). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/602-011 (accessed November 2, 2026).