Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 621 › Conversation 621-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 7:49 AM–8:01 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation621-001 on Tape 621 (tape position 00:00:50–00:01:43)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 7:49 AMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 8:01 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 621-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, early-morning meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified male visitor. The recorded segment contains no discernable dialogue, as the encounter was immediately followed by a five-second withdrawal of material designated as personal and returnable. No substantive policy decisions, instructions, or political developments can be determined from the available records of this interaction.

Audio

part A, 0:50

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 00:00:50 to 00:01:43 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 621-1

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:49 am and 8:01 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 5s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:01 am.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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

Also recorded on November 18, 1971

  • 015-017 7:49 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
  • 621-002 7:49 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
  • 621-003 7:49 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
  • 621-004 7:49 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
  • 621-005 7:49 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
  • 621-006 8:01 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:01 am.
  • 294-001 8:02 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 8:07 am.
  • 294-002 8:02 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 8:07 am.

All 70 conversations from November 18, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 621-001, November 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/621-001 (accessed November 15, 2026).