Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 623 › Conversation 623-016

Nixon & Taylor on Air Force One and Presidential travel

Tuesday, November 23, 1971 · 3:07 PM–3:09 PM ET · Oval Office · 52 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Taylor, Robert H.Conversation623-016 on Tape 623 (tape position 03:26:34–03:27:32)StartTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 3:07 PMEndTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 3:09 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 623-016 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179957 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Robert H. Taylor to discuss logistical arrangements for an upcoming trip on Air Force One. Nixon invited Taylor’s wife and daughter to accompany them on the flight and addressed the seating preferences for the guests. The brief discussion served to coordinate the travel plans and ensure the comfort of the Taylor family during the flight.

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NARA Description

On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Taylor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:07 pm to 3:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 623-016

Date: November 23, 1971
Time: 3:07 pm - 3:09 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Robert H. Taylor.

     The President's schedule
          -Forthcoming trip on Air Force One
                -Travel of Taylor's wife and daughter on Air Force One
                -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

                          -Seating arrangements

Taylor left at 3:09 pm.

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Oh, I wanted to tell you that, uh, that I'd like to have you, your wife and your daughter, are they going out with you?

Yes, sir.

If they can, they want to, if they go on Air Force One, I'm going to invite them to go with us.

We had some nice calls, and then we got to go.

So, if we go to market, we don't want to win, but if we go to market, we'll probably win.

Okay, I can't tell you.

Well, you know, they all enjoy it.

Oh, sure, sit right there, back in the line.

Thank you very much, sir.

Okay.

Also recorded on November 23, 1971

623-012 1:25 PM · 5 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 3:07 pm.
623-013 1:25 PM · 9 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 3:07 pm.
623-017 3:09 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:10 pm.
623-018 3:09 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:10 pm.
623-019 3:10 PM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rogers C. B. Morton, John D. Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker, White House photographer, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, Francis W. Sargent, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:10 pm to 4:33 pm.
623-020 4:33 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:33 pm.
623-021 4:33 PM · 3 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:33 pm to 4:35 pm.
623-022 4:36 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Waller, James O. Eastland, John N. Mitchell, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:36 pm to 4:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 623-016, November 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179957). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/623-016 (accessed November 15, 2026).