Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 711 › Conversation 711-006

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on General inquiry

Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 11:24 AM–11:52 AM ET · Oval Office · 27 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation711-006 on Tape 711 (tape position 02:03:58–02:06:16)StartTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 11:24 AMEndTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 11:52 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 711-006 ↗

President Nixon met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office to briefly discuss an unspecified visual event or item presented to the group. The interaction lasted only eighteen seconds before the recording was terminated. No substantive policy discussions or significant presidential decisions were captured during this brief exchange.

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Did you all see that?
Did you all see that?
Yeah, okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.

On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 711-006 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 711-6

Date: April 18, 1972
Time: 11:24-unknown before 11:52 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with unknown persons.

     The President's schedule

The President left at 11:25 am.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/12/2022.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Non-Historical]
[711-006-w001]
[Duration: 18s]

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The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:52 am.
  • 711-005 11:00 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:00 am to 11:24 am.
  • 023-018 11:52 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:56 am.
  • 711-007 11:52 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:55 am.
  • 711-008 11:52 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:55 am.
  • 023-019 11:55 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:55 am to 11:58 am.
  • 711-009 11:55 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:55 am to 11:58 am.
  • 711-010 11:58 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 12:04 pm.
  • 711-011 11:58 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 11:58 am and 12:04 pm.

Conversation 711-006, April 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/711-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).