Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 603 › Conversation 603-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Presidential operations

Wednesday, October 27, 1971 · 12:22 PM–12:23 PM ET · Oval Office ·5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation603-002 onTape 603 (tape position 02:36:57–02:39:08)StartWednesday, October 27, 1971 at 12:22 PMEndWednesday, October 27, 1971 at 12:23 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 603-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, one-minute consultation with a White House operator to facilitate a connection for an outgoing telephone call. This interaction served purely administrative purposes to manage the President's immediate communications. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On October 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:22 pm and 12:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 603-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 603-2
Date: October 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:22 pm and 12:23 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 13-19]

Also recorded on October 27, 1971

  • 013-020 12:23 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:23 pm to 12:26 pm.
  • 603-003 12:23 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Tricia Nixon Cox, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 12:52 pm.
  • 013-021 12:36 PM · 1 min — Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:52 pm.
  • 603-004 12:53 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:53 pm to 1:10 pm.
  • 603-005 1:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 603-006 1:10 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 603-007 1:13 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:13 pm to 1:32 pm.
  • 604-001 1:32 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 603-002, October 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/603-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).