Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 625 › Conversation 625-019

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on John Rennie

Monday, November 29, 1971 · 11:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation625-019 on Tape 625 (tape position 03:38:51–03:39:28)StartMonday, November 29, 1971 at 11:20 AMEndMonday, November 29, 1971 at 11:20 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 625-019 ↗

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to Congressman John Rennie of New York. The brief exchange served as a logistical instruction to facilitate direct communication with the legislator. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.

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Could you get me Congressman Rennie, please?
John Rennie in New York.

On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 625-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 625-19

Date: November 29, 1971
Time: 11:20 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 15-146]
  • 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.
  • 625-017 11:13 AM · 9 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 625-020 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.
  • 015-148 11:25 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 11:25 am to 11:26 am.

Conversation 625-019, 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/625-019 (accessed October 9, 2026).