President Nixon held a brief, early-morning meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified male visitor. The recorded segment contains no discernable dialogue, as the encounter was immediately followed by a five-second withdrawal of material designated as personal and returnable. No substantive policy decisions, instructions, or political developments can be determined from the available records of this interaction.
On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 621-1 Date: November 18, 1971 Time: Unknown between 7:49 am and 8:01 am Location: Oval Office The President met with an unknown man. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 5s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:01 am.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.