This recording captures a brief three-second encounter between President Nixon and unidentified individuals in the Oval Office. Due to the extremely short duration of the interaction and the lack of an available transcript, the specific purpose and content of the meeting remain undocumented. Consequently, no substantive discussions or policy decisions were captured by the taping system.
On April 17, 1972, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:48 am and 10:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 709-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 709-11 Date: April 17, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:48 am and 10:51 am Location: Oval Office Unknown persons met. ***************************************************************** [Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/04/2022. Segment cleared for release.] [Non-Historical] [709-011-w001] [Duration: 3s] ***************************************************************** The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 10:51 am.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.