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
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Bill Brock of Tennessee. The conversation is limited to the President providing the operator with the specific contact name for the outgoing call. This brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate communication between the President and the legislator.
- Presidential communication
- Senator Bill Brock
- White House operations
- Tennessee
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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]
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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 623-004, November 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/623-004 (accessed October 1, 2026).