Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 614 › Conversation 614-022

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Arthur Burns

Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 6:25 PM–6:28 PM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation614-022 on Tape 614 (tape position 02:02:28–02:04:10)StartThursday, November 4, 1971 at 6:25 PMEndThursday, November 4, 1971 at 6:28 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 614-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Arthur Burns, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to initiate a telephone communication with the economic official. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.

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Dr. Burns please.

NARA Description

On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 6:28 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 614-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 614-022

Date: November 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:25 pm and 6:28 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 13-127]

Also recorded on November 4, 1971

  • 082-001 5:06 PM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and selected Republican members of the House of Representatives, including Samuel L. Devine, Carleton J. King, William L. Dickinson, John E. Hunt, John H. Kyl, James M. Collins, Robert H. Michel, John Rousselot, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Alexander P. Butterfield, and John D. Ehrlichman, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:06 pm to 6:23 pm.
  • 614-019 5:06 PM · 31 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 6:23 pm.
  • 614-021 6:23 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:23 pm to 6:25 pm.
  • 013-127 6:25 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 6:28 pm.
  • 013-128 6:25 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 6:28 pm.
  • 614-023 6:25 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 6:28 pm.
  • 614-024 6:28 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:28 pm to 6:47 pm.
  • 614-025 6:47 PM · 11 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:47 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 614-022, November 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/614-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).