Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 619 › Conversation 619-008

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office

Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 10:13 AM–10:15 AM ET · Oval Office ·10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation619-008 onTape 619 (tape position 01:00:29–01:00:57)StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 10:13 AMEndTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 10:15 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 619-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to coordinate his daily schedule. The two-minute interaction served as a logistics check before both parties departed the office together. No substantive policy discussions or policy decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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NARA Description

On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:15 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 619-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 619-8

Date: November 16, 1971
Time: Unknown after 10:13 am until 10:15 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/09/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[619-008-w001]
[Duration: 11s]

     The President’s schedule

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The President and the unknown person left at 10:15 am.

Also recorded on November 16, 1971

  • 619-007 9:53 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:53 am to 10:13 am.
  • 083-004 10:15 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Committee on Mental Retardation, including Elliot L. Richardson, Patricia R. Hitt, Clair W. Burgener, Kenneth Robinson, Jeannette Rockefeller, Nan Ulle, Joseph H. Douglas, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:15 am to 10:56 am.
  • 619-009 10:15 AM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:56 am.
  • 084-002 10:56 AM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.
  • 084-003 10:56 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.
  • 084-004 10:56 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.
  • 084-005 10:56 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.
  • 084-006 10:56 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 619-008, November 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/619-008 (accessed September 18, 2026).