Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 613 › Conversation 613-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office

Tuesday, November 2, 1971 · 3:00 PM–3:07 PM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation613-001 on Tape 613 (tape position 00:01:30–00:02:05)StartTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 3:00 PMEndTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 3:07 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 613-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179507 ↗

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On November 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 613-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 613-001

Date: November 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:00 pm and 3:07 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 13-76]

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  • 013-075 2:26 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 2:26 pm to 2:34 pm.
  • 300-007 2:26 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:26 pm to 2:34 pm.
  • 013-076 3:00 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 013-077 3:07 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:11 pm.
  • 613-002 3:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:07 pm to 3:11 pm.
  • 013-078 3:11 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 6:55 pm.
  • 613-003 3:15 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:15 pm to 3:37 pm.
  • 081-004 3:37 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Cabinet Committee on Executive Reorganization, including Rogers C. B. Morton, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, George P. Shultz, J. Philip Campbell, David Maxwell, Frank C. Carlucci, III, Egil G. ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., William L. Gifford, Neal Ball, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Dwight A. Ink, and John D. Ehrlichman., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:37 pm to 4:35 pm.

Conversation 613-001, November 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179507). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/613-001 (accessed November 1, 2026).