Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 621 › Conversation 621-006

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office

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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation621-006 on Tape 621 (tape position 00:06:45–00:07:42)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 8:01 AMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 8:01 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 621-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief administrative call with the White House operator to facilitate communication. The exchange serves as a routine procedural step to connect the President with other individuals or offices. No substantive policy matters or major decisions are recorded during this short telephonic interaction.

Audio

part A, 6:45

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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 00:06:45 to 00:07:42 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 the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 621-6

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: 8:01 am
Location: Oval Office

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 15-18]

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

  • 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.
  • 621-007 8:02 AM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 6:00 pm.
  • 015-019 8:07 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:07 am.
  • 015-020 8:07 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:07 am to 8:08 am.
  • 294-003 8:07 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:07 am to 8:08 am.
  • 015-021 8:12 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:12 am to 8:13 am.
  • 294-004 8:12 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:12 am to 8:13 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 621-006, 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/621-006 (accessed November 15, 2026).