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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

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation616-012 on Tape 616 (tape position 02:53:11–02:53:19)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 6:39 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 616-012 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179677 ↗

An 8-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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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.

Conversation No. 616-12

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:39 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people met.

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 03/18/2020.]
[Unintelligible]
[616-012-w001]
[Duration: 8s]

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The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.

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  • 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.
  • 014-025 7:54 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:54 pm to 8:03 pm.
  • 014-026 8:04 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 8:04 pm to 8:06 pm.
  • 014-027 8:07 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:07 pm to 8:20 pm.

Conversation 616-012, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179677). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/616-012 (accessed November 15, 2026).