Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 618 › Conversation 618-033
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Undetermined participants
Monday, November 15, 1971 · 2:02 PM–2:13 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Oval Office with unidentified individuals. The brief audio capture consists of indistinct, unintelligible dialogue in Japanese that provides no discernible context regarding policy, political strategy, or administrative decisions. Due to the lack of clear content and the truncated nature of the recording, no substantive developments or action items can be identified.
- Oval Office
- Undetermined participants
- Audio technicality
- Historical records
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NARA Description
On November 15, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:02 pm and 2:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-033 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 618-33
Date: November 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:02 pm and 2:13 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
The President's location
-Cabinet Room
The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 2:13 pm.Also recorded on November 15, 1971
- 618-027 1:16 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:53 pm.
- 618-032 1:53 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. C. Jackson ("Dan") Grayson, Jr., George H. Boldt, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:53 pm to 2:02 pm.
- 014-105 2:13 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm.
- 618-034 2:13 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm.
- 618-035 2:13 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm.
- 618-036 2:13 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm.
- 618-037 2:13 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm.
- 014-106 2:20 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Howard H. Baker, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:20 pm to 2:21 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 618-033, November 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/618-033 (accessed October 1, 2026).