Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 616 › Conversation 616-012
Nixon White House recording on White House Tapes and Oval Office
Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 6:39 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 8 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures a brief, non-substantive interaction between President Nixon and one or more unidentified individuals in the Oval Office. Due to the extremely short duration and the technical quality of the audio, the transcript consists of a solitary acknowledgment. No policy discussions, decisions, or political developments are discernible from the available evidence.
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NARA Description
On November 10, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 616-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 616-12 Date: November 10, 1971 Time: Unknown between 6:39 pm and 11:59 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people met. ************************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 03/18/2020.] [Unintelligible] [616-012-w001] [Duration: 8s] ************************************************************************** The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.
Also recorded on November 10, 1971
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- 014-021 3:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm.
- 616-009 4:20 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:20 pm to 5:17 pm.
- 616-010 5:17 PM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Carl T. Curtis, and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:17 pm to 6:39 pm.
- 014-022 6:39 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 7:54 pm.
- 014-023 6:39 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 7:54 pm.
- 014-024 6:39 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 7:54 pm.
- 616-011 6:39 PM · 22 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 616-012, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/616-012 (accessed October 1, 2026).