Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 623 › Conversation 623-027
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on telecommunications
Tuesday, November 23, 1971 · 6:07 PM–6:08 PM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a phone call, though the intended recipient of the call remains unspecified in the available record. No substantive policy discussions or major developments occurred during this brief exchange.
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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 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 623-027
Date: November 23, 1971
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Time: Unknown between 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 15-123]Also recorded on November 23, 1971
- 015-121 5:58 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:58 pm to 5:59 pm.
- 015-122 6:02 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Norman Van Brocklin talked on the telephone from 6:02 pm to 6:05 pm.
- 015-123 6:07 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm.
- 623-025 6:07 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm.
- 623-026 6:07 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm.
- 623-028 6:07 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm.
- 623-029 6:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:08 pm and 6:10 pm.
- 015-124 6:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 6:10 pm to 6:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 623-027, 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/623-027 (accessed October 12, 2026).