Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 622 › Conversation 622-016
Nixon & Woods on Oval Office and Staff interaction
Monday, November 22, 1971 · 6:30 PM–6:32 PM ET · Oval Office · 22 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unidentified participants engage in a brief, informal exchange characterized by repetitive phrasing regarding specific individuals. The discussion lacks substantive policy content and appears to involve the identification or categorization of people present in the room. No formal decisions or significant developments occur during this two-minute recording.
- Oval Office
- Rose Mary Woods
- Staff interaction
- Informal communication
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NARA Description
On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:32 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 622-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 622-016
Conversation No. 622-016
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: Unknown after 6:30 pm until 6:32 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
Rose Mary Woods's location
Rose Mary Woods entered at an unknown time after 6:30 pm.
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 6:32 pm.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/09/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[622-016-w001]
[Duration: 10s]
Rose Mary Woods’s schedule
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The President and Woods left at 6:32 pm.Also recorded on November 22, 1971
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- 622-014 5:05 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:15 pm.
- 622-015 5:05 PM · 1 hr 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 6:32 pm.
- 015-105 5:15 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:39 pm.
- 015-106 5:39 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and J. Edgar Hoover talked on the telephone from 5:39 pm to 5:45 pm.
- 015-107 6:13 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 6:13 pm to 6:15 pm.
- 015-108 6:33 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:33 pm and 8:18 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 622-016, 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/622-016 (accessed October 1, 2026).