Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 615 › Conversation 615-027

Nixon & Andrews on White House social visit and Oval Office meeting

Friday, November 5, 1971 · 12:55 PM–12:57 PM ET · Oval Office · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Andrews, John K., Jr.; Andrews, John K., Sr.; Andrews, John K., Sr. (Mrs.)Conversation615-027 on Tape 615 (tape position 04:43:24–04:43:53)StartFriday, November 5, 1971 at 12:55 PMEndFriday, November 5, 1971 at 12:57 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 615-027 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with John K. Andrews, Jr. and his parents for a brief, informal social visit in the Oval Office. The participants engaged in polite conversation before the meeting concluded after approximately two minutes. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.

Audio

Download MP3 · 1.1 MB

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.

NARA Description

On November 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John K. Andrews, Jr., John K. Andrews, Sr., and Mrs. John K. Andrews, Sr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 12:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 615-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 615-027

Date: November 5, 1971
Time: 12:55 pm - unknown before 12:57 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John K. Andrews, Jr., Mrs. John K. Andrews, Jr., John K. Andrews, Sr.,
and Mrs. John K. Andrews, Sr..

     [Unintelligible]

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 12:57 pm

Also recorded on November 5, 1971

  • 615-018 11:13 AM · 9 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:20 am.
  • 615-019 11:13 AM · 7 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:20 am.
  • 615-023 11:21 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Indira Ghandi met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:21 am to 12:20 pm.
  • 615-024 12:20 PM · 55 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:25 pm.
  • 013-153 12:25 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:52 pm.
  • 615-025 12:25 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:49 pm.
  • 013-154 12:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:52 pm to 12:55 pm.
  • 615-026 12:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:52 pm to 12:55 pm.

All 53 conversations from November 5, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 615-027, November 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/615-027 (accessed October 12, 2026).