Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 605 › Conversation 605-010
Nixon White House recording on Cigars and Oval Office
Thursday, October 28, 1971 · 12:45 PM–12:47 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
An unidentified visitor met with President Nixon in the Oval Office for less than two minutes. The brief encounter focused exclusively on logistical requests regarding the procurement and location of cigars. No substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this interaction.
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NARA Description
On October 28, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 12:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 605-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 605-10
Date: October 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 12:47 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
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[Previous Non-Historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/12/2020. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-Historical Returnable]
[605-010-w001]
[Duration: 1m 56s]
Request
-Cigar
-Quantity
[No Conversation]
Cigars
-Location
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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:47 pm.Also recorded on October 28, 1971
- 605-006 10:46 AM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:46 am to 10:47 am.
- 605-007 10:47 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:47 am and 10:48 am.
- 605-008 10:48 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:48 am to 10:50 am.
- 605-009 11:23 AM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Josip Broz Tito, Lijana Tambaca, Alexander Akalovsky, Ronald L. Ziegler, Ronald L. Ziegler, Vidoje Zarkovic, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 12:45 pm.
- 605-011 12:47 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:47 pm to 1:07 pm.
- 605-012 1:10 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:10 pm to 1:48 pm.
- 606-001 1:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 3:03 pm.
- 606-002 3:03 PM · 2 hr 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Arthur F. Burns, Paul W. McCracken, George P. Shultz, Peter G. Peterson, Peter M. Flanigan, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:03 pm to 5:54 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 605-010, October 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/605-010 (accessed October 12, 2026).