Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 629 › Conversation 629-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Monday, December 6, 1971 · 9:00 AM–9:07 AM ET · Oval Office · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation629-002 on Tape 629 (tape position 00:04:23–00:04:55)StartMonday, December 6, 1971 at 9:00 AMEndMonday, December 6, 1971 at 9:07 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 629-002 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417180213 ↗

A 6-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 629-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 629-2

Date: December 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:07 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 16-11]

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Also recorded on December 6, 1971

  • 016-011 9:00 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
  • 629-001 9:00 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
  • 629-003 9:00 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
  • 629-004 9:00 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
  • 016-012 9:07 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:07 am to 9:09 am.
  • 629-005 9:07 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:07 am to 9:09 am.
  • 016-013 9:09 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 9:19 am.
  • 629-006 9:09 AM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, William P. Rogers, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, John D. Ehrlichman, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:09 am to 10:08 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 629-002, December 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417180213). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/629-002 (accessed November 1, 2026).