Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 621 › Conversation 621-034
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House operator
Monday, November 22, 1971 · 8:08 AM–8:20 AM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief communication through the White House operator to facilitate an external telephone connection. This interaction functioned as an administrative request to reach another party, serving as a precursor to a subsequent, substantive discussion. No further details regarding the nature of the call are available due to the lack of an existing transcript.
Audio
part B, 1:44:59
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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 03:47:41 to 03:48:25 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 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 621-34 Date: November 22, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:08 am and 8:20 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 15-81]
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 22, 1971
- 015-081 8:08 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:20 am.
- 621-032 8:08 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:20 am.
- 621-033 8:08 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:20 am.
- 621-035 8:08 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:20 am.
- 015-082 8:20 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 8:20 am to 8:27 am.
- 621-036 8:20 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Allen met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:20 am to 8:27 am.
- 621-037 8:27 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:27 am and 8:30 am.
- 621-038 8:30 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:30 am to 8:50 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 621-034, November 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/621-034 (accessed November 2, 2026).