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
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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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
The President met with an unknown person.
Salutations
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:36 am.Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
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- 606-006 6:59 PM · 13 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:59 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 605-001, October 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179373). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/605-001 (accessed November 2, 2026).