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Nixon White House recording on Oval Office

Friday, November 12, 1971 · 6:55 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 5 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation617-025 on Tape 617 (tape position 04:37:37–04:37:50)StartFriday, November 12, 1971 at 6:55 PMEndFriday, November 12, 1971 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 617-025 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179801 ↗

A 5-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 12, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 617-025 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 617-25

Date: November 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:55 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

An unknown man talked with an unknown person.

     The President's location
          -East Wing

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 617-019 5:55 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:55 pm.
  • 617-020 5:55 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:55 pm.
  • 617-021 5:55 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:03 pm.
  • 617-022 5:55 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:03 pm.
  • 617-023 6:03 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Hugh Scott, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:03 pm to 6:19 pm.
  • 617-024 6:20 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:20 pm to 6:55 pm.
  • 617-009 6:22 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:22 pm to 6:37 pm.
  • 617-026 6:55 PM · 1 min — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 11:59 pm.

Conversation 617-025, November 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179801). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/617-025 (accessed November 2, 2026).