Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 605 › Conversation 605-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office meeting

Thursday, October 28, 1971 · 8:45 PM–9:36 PM ET · Oval Office ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation605-001 onTape 605 (tape position 00:05:31–00:17:05)StartThursday, October 28, 1971 at 8:45 PMEndThursday, October 28, 1971 at 9:36 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 605-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a meeting in the Oval Office with unidentified participants to conduct official business. Although the specific transcript is unavailable, the session occurred within a standard morning timeframe at the White House. No substantive record of the discourse or formal decisions exists to verify the nature of the topics addressed during this engagement.

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NARA Description

On October 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 pm and 9:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 605-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 605-1

Date: October 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 9:36 am
Location: Oval Office

     Salutations

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:36 am.

Also recorded on October 29, 1971

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  • 013-023 8:26 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hugh Scott talked on the telephone from 8:26 am to 8:30 am.
  • 607-002 8:26 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hugh Scott met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:26 am to 9:30 am.
  • 607-003 8:30 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:40 am.
  • 607-004 8:40 AM · 1 hr 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:40 am to 10:35 am.
  • 013-024 10:04 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 10:36 am.
  • 607-005 10:35 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:35 am.
  • 607-006 10:35 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 10:36 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 605-001, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/605-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).