Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 609 › Conversation 609-001
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House…
Saturday, October 30, 1971 · 8:35 AM–8:54 AM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual to discuss scheduling matters. The exchange focused on confirming that current tasks or projects would remain timely until the upcoming January deadline. No substantive policy decisions were documented during this short interaction.
- Scheduling
- White House Administration
- Presidential Workflow
Audio
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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 00:00:54 into the tape and ends around 00:05:24.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On October 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 609-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 609-1 Date: October 30, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:35 am and 8:54 am Location: Oval Office The President met with an unknown person. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:54 am.
Also recorded on October 30, 1971
- 609-002 8:35 AM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:54 am.
- 609-003 8:54 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:54 am to 9:58 am.
- 609-004 9:58 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:05 am.
- 609-005 9:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:05 am.
- 609-006 9:58 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:05 am.
- 609-007 10:05 AM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Josip Broz Tito, Lijana Tambaca, Alexander Akalovsky, Stephen B. Bull, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:05 am to 11:12 am.
- 609-008 11:16 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:16 am to 11:19 am.
- 609-009 11:19 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:20 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 609-001, October 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/609-001 (accessed September 30, 2026).