Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 622 › Conversation 622-009

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on telecommunications

Monday, November 22, 1971 · 4:26 PM–4:31 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation622-009 on Tape 622 (tape position 00:33:47–00:34:18)StartMonday, November 22, 1971 at 4:26 PMEndMonday, November 22, 1971 at 4:31 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 622-009 ↗

President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate telephonic communications. The exchange served primarily as a logistical step to connect the President with a specific party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions were recorded during this brief connectivity process.

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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 4:26 pm and 4:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 622-009 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 622-009

Date: November 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:26 pm and 4:31 pm
Location: Oval Office

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 015-103]
  • 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.
  • 015-101 4:26 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 015-102 4:26 PM · 30 sec — unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 015-103 4:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 622-008 4:26 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 015-104 4:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 622-010 4:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 622-011 4:32 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 4:50 pm.

Conversation 622-009, 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/622-009 (accessed October 1, 2026).