Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 622 › Conversation 622-003
Nixon alone in the Oval Office on Memorandum and Dictation
Monday, November 22, 1971 · 4:07 PM–4:15 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized this session in the Oval Office to dictate a memorandum and review recorded materials. The discussion, which included brief personal commentary regarding the appearance and attire of an unidentified individual in Miami, served primarily as a private administrative exercise. No major policy decisions or significant external developments were recorded during this brief period of dictation and playback.
- Memorandum
- Dictation
- Tape Review
- Administrative Procedures
- Miami
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NARA Description
On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 622-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 622-003
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:07 pm and 4:15 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President replayed portions of a memorandum.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/09/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[622-003-w001]
[Duration: 1m 56s]
The President replayed a portion of the tape.
The President dictated a memorandum.
The President's previous conversation with Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
-The President's speech to the convention
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Fiftieth anniversary of Reader's Digest
Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Camp David [?] jacket
-Walks
John F. Kennedy assassination anniversary
-The President's conversation with Rose Mary Woods
-Tricia Nixon Cox
The President replayed a portion of the tape.
*****************************************************************Also recorded on November 22, 1971
- 015-098 4:02 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Hobart D. Lewis talked on the telephone from 4:02 pm to 4:07 pm.
- 622-002 4:02 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hobart D. Lewis met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:02 pm to 4:07 pm.
- 015-099 4:07 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 622-004 4:07 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 622-005 4:07 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 622-006 4:07 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 015-100 4:15 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 4:15 pm to 4:26 pm.
- 622-007 4:15 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:15 pm to 4:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 622-003, 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/622-003 (accessed October 1, 2026).