Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 609 › Conversation 609-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Presidential Workflow

Saturday, October 30, 1971 · 8:35 AM–8:54 AM ET · Oval Office · 5 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation609-001 on Tape 609 (tape position 00:00:54–00:05:24)StartSaturday, October 30, 1971 at 8:35 AMEndSaturday, October 30, 1971 at 8:54 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 609-001 ↗

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.

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Position in tape: 00:00:54 – 00:05:24

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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.

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[Duration: 1s ]

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:54 am.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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I see you're going all right.
Yes, sir.
Is it a bit late yet?
No, sir.
It won't be late until January.
Oh, yeah.
Good.

Also recorded on October 30, 1971

  • 609-002 8:35 AM · 49 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 · 26 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 7 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 · 38 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.

All 13 conversations from October 30, 1971 →

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 November 14, 2026).