Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 604 › Conversation 604-007
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Unidentified participants
Wednesday, October 27, 1971 · 3:45 PM–3:48 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
This brief meeting involved unidentified participants meeting with President Nixon in the Oval Office for approximately three minutes. Due to the lack of a transcript and the unintelligible nature of the audio recording, the specific subject matter and any resulting decisions remain historical unknowns. The interaction concluded without any recorded developments or documented action items.
Audio
This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 01:04:40 into the tape and ends around 01:05:29.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On October 27, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 604-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 604-7
Date: October 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:48 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
[Unintelligible]
Unknown people left at an unknown time before 3:48 pmAlso recorded on October 27, 1971
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- 604-002 1:32 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 604-003 1:32 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 604-004 1:32 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 081-002 3:48 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and budget advisors, including John D. Ehrlichman, John N. Mitchell, John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Charles W. Colson, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Edwin L. Harper, Lewis A. Engman, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:48 pm to 5:22 pm.
- 013-022 5:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:27 pm and 5:29 pm.
- 604-008 5:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:27 pm to 5:29 pm.
- 604-009 5:29 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:29 pm to 6:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 604-007, October 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/604-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).