Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 621 › Conversation 621-027

Nixon & Halpern on Herbert Stein and White House personnel

Saturday, November 20, 1971 · 10:52 AM–10:54 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Halpern, SeymourConversation621-027 on Tape 621 (tape position 02:32:39–02:37:38)StartSaturday, November 20, 1971 at 10:52 AMEndSaturday, November 20, 1971 at 10:54 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 621-027 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Representative Seymour Halpern met briefly to discuss internal administration matters and personnel issues. The conversation touched upon the workload and health of economic advisor Herbert Stein. The meeting served as a short check-in between the President and the Congressman regarding current executive staff dynamics.

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2:33:09Mae'n Alaskan.
2:33:12Nid oes rhywbeth am ymwneud â hynny.
2:33:24Rydyn ni'n gallu gwneud hynny nawr.
2:33:27Rydyn ni'n gwneud pethau.
2:34:07Diolch yn fawr.
2:34:49Ie.
2:34:49Ie.
2:34:49Rwy'n teimlo y byddai'r pethau hyn yn gweithio'n dda â chi a fi wedi sefydlu partneriaid am ychydig munud neu ddim.
2:34:59Wel, mae gen i amser heddiw i ddim gael diwrnod arall, felly mae'n rhaid i mi fod yn barod i fynd ymlaen yma neu ddim.
2:35:38Dwi eisiau i chi wybod... Dwi eisiau i chi wybod... Dwi eisiau i chi wybod... Dwi eisiau i chi wybod... Dwi eisiau i chi wybod... Dwi eisiau i chi wybod... Dwi eisiau i chi wybod... Dwi eisiau i chi wybod...
2:36:13Ie, mae'n sŵn da.
2:36:14Mae'n sŵn da.
2:36:18Ydych chi'n gwybod, wrth siarad, roeddwn i wedi cyrraedd, os ydych chi'n ymwybodol o hyn, un o'n ddynion gwych yw Herr Stein, un o'r cynghorwyr economaidd yng Nghymru.
2:36:31Gwych sylweddol.
2:36:32Yn unwaith, mae Herr, ac nid yw hyn yn gyffredinol, wedi cael gweithgaredd mawr ar ei llaw.
2:36:36Mae wedi colli'r safle ei llaw.
2:36:39Yn amlwg, roeddwn i'n gofyn i'w ddweud.
2:36:41Felly, fe wnes i ei alw diwethaf diwethaf diwethaf ac fe wnes i ddweud, dwi'n sori, dwi'n gobeithio'ch bod yn ôl.
2:36:47Fe wnes i ddweud, wel, roeddwn i'n gobeithio nad yw'r preswyl yn gallu darllen hynny fel un o'r pethau sy'n sylweddol.
2:36:52O ran hynny, roedd yn fy ngwaith.
2:36:54Maen nhw bob amser wedi bod yn dweud nad ydw i'n edrych ar bethau'n llawn ar fy ngwaith.
2:37:00Ac yna fe wnes i fynd ymlaen i ddweud, mae'n dweud, rwy'n deall nawr, mae'n mynd i ddynnu'r darllen, ond mae'n dweud, mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud bod tua hanner o'r hyn rydw i'n ei ddarllen yn ysgrifennu'n unigol.
2:37:09Mae hynny'n digwydd.
2:37:09Felly, ydych chi'n cymryd gobaith?
2:37:11Ie.
2:37:11Ydych chi'n dweud, rwy'n deall, rwy'n deall, rwy'n deall, rwy'n deall, rwy'n deall, rwy'n deall, rwy'n deall, rwy'n deall, rwy'n deall, rwy'n deall, rwy'n deall, rwy'n de
2:37:35Wel, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydyn ni i gyd wedi cael cyfle i ddod ymlaen, ond... Ydych chi?

NARA Description

On November 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Seymour Halpern met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:52 am to 10:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 621-27

Date: November 20, 1971
Time: 10:52 am - 10:54 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Seymour Halpern.

[See Conversation No. 15-70; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

Also recorded on November 20, 1971

  • 015-065 10:45 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:50 am.
  • 015-066 10:45 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:50 am.
  • 015-067 10:45 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:50 am.
  • 015-069 10:50 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:50 am to 10:51 am.
  • 621-026 10:50 AM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:50 am to 10:51 am.
  • 015-070 10:52 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Seymour Halpern talked on the telephone from 10:52 am to 10:54 am.
  • 015-071 10:57 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 11:01 am.
  • 621-028 10:57 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Rose Mary Woods, and Alan Bible met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:10 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 621-027, November 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/621-027 (accessed October 12, 2026).