Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 629 › Conversation 629-002
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on telecommunications
Monday, December 6, 1971 · 9:00 AM–9:07 AM ET · Oval Office · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief communication with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a purely administrative purpose to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or decision-making processes were recorded during this brief exchange.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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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]
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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 629-002, December 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/629-002 (accessed October 1, 2026).