Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 610 › Conversation 610-002
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Jimmy Hoffa
Monday, November 1, 1971 · 5:08 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unknown individual, likely Dr. W. Kenneth Riland, in the Oval Office shortly after concluding a series of consultations with key advisors regarding labor policy, executive clemency, and 1972 campaign planning. While the participants of this specific brief encounter remain officially unidentified, it occurred in the immediate wake of high-level discussions involving John Mitchell, George Shultz, and H.R. Haldeman. These preceding deliberations focused on the potential pardon of Jimmy Hoffa and the administration's management of the Pay Board's economic policies, though the content of this final recorded exchange was not preserved.
- Jimmy Hoffa
- Executive Clemency
- Pay Board
- 1972 Presidential Election
- Labor Unions
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On November 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 610-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 610-2 Date: November 1, 1971 Time: 5:08 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with an unknown person [Dr. W. Kenneth Riland?] The President talked with an unknown person. [End of telephone conversation] The President and the unknown person left at 5:08 pm.
Also recorded on November 1, 1971
- 013-056 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
- 302-031 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
- 302-032 2:54 PM · 1 hr 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Melvin R. Laird, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:54 pm to 4:04 pm.
- 013-057 2:55 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:55 pm and 3:55 pm.
- 013-058 3:55 PM · 29 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:55 pm to 3:56 pm.
- 610-001 4:04 PM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:04 pm to 5:08 pm.
- 610-003 5:08 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:08 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 013-059 5:18 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 5:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 610-002, November 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/610-002 (accessed September 30, 2026).