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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation622-003 on Tape 622 (tape position 00:16:43–00:21:42)StartMonday, November 22, 1971 at 4:07 PMEndMonday, November 22, 1971 at 4:15 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 622-003 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179899 ↗

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.

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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

     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.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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and he was very high on the appearance of Miami.

He said that he was wearing a tan name jacket where he was serving on walks.

Rest.

All right.

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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 622-003, November 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179899). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/622-003 (accessed November 15, 2026).