Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 623 › Conversation 623-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Senator Bill Brock

Tuesday, November 23, 1971 · 11:40 AM–11:43 AM ET · Oval Office · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation623-004 on Tape 623 (tape position 02:21:09–02:22:13)StartTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 11:40 AMEndTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 11:43 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 623-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179933 ↗

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NARA Description

On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:40 am and 11:43 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 623-004

Date: November 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:40 am and 11:43 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 15-110]

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Senator Brock, please.
Brock, Tennessee.

Also recorded on November 23, 1971

  • 015-110 11:40 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:40 am and 11:43 am.
  • 015-111 11:43 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William Brock talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:47 am.
  • 623-005 11:43 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William Brock met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 11:47 am.
  • 015-112 11:47 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:56 am.
  • 015-113 11:47 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:56 am.
  • 623-006 11:47 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Chalmers P. Wylie met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:47 am to 12:20 pm.
  • 015-114 11:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:58 am.
  • 015-115 12:20 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 623-004, November 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179933). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/623-004 (accessed November 15, 2026).