Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 612 › Conversation 612-001
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 4:28 PM–4:34 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 sec
A 3-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 November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:28 pm and 4:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 612-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 612-001
Date: November 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:28 pm and 4:34 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 06/03/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[612-001-w001]
[Duration: 3s]
Question
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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:34 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
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- 013-108 4:34 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Russell B. Long talked on the telephone from 4:34 pm to 4:40 pm.
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- 013-110 4:42 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 4:42 pm to 4:43 pm.
- 013-111 4:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:43 pm and 4:46 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 612-001, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179541). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/612-001 (accessed November 1, 2026).