Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 625 › Conversation 625-017
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House taping…
Monday, November 29, 1971 · 11:13 AM–11:14 AM ET · Oval Office · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to lower the volume of the recording equipment or a nearby device. The brief exchange served as a functional adjustment to the Oval Office environment during the taping session. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were addressed during this interaction.
- White House taping system
- Oval Office operations
- Technical adjustment
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NARA Description
On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 625-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 625-17
Date: November 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:13 am and 11:14 am
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 15-144]
Conv. No. 625-26
Conversation (cont.)
No. 625-18
Date: November 29, 1971
Time: 11:14 am - 11:16 am
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with John N. Mitchell.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/11/2022.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[625-018-w001]
[Duration: 6s]
[See Conversation No. 015-145-w001]
*****************************************************************Also recorded on November 29, 1971
- 015-143 11:11 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 11:11 am to 11:13 am.
- 015-144 11:13 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:14 am.
- 015-145 11:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 11:14 am to 11:16 am.
- 625-018 11:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:14 am to 11:16 am.
- 015-146 11:20 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:20 am.
- 015-147 11:20 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:25 am.
- 625-019 11:20 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:20 am.
- 625-020 11:20 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, William Thacher Lonstreth, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, and John J. Rooney met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:49 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 625-017, November 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/625-017 (accessed October 9, 2026).