{"conversationCode":"633-007","tapeNumber":633,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-633-007","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T16:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T16:16:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:04 AM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Walters, Vernon A.;","description":"On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Vernon A. Walters met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 633-007 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 633-007\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\nTime: 11:04 am - 11:16 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler and Vernon A. Walters.\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 07/15/2019.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[633-007-w002]\n[Duration: 46s]\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n**************************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN-T-MDR-\n2014-032. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1) on 05/09/2019. Archivist: DR]\n[National Security]\n[633-007-w001]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[Duration: 12m 08s]\n\n     LATIN AMERICA\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nWalters left at 11:16 am.","filename":["633-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:53:06","tapeEnd":"02:07:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L.","Walters, Vernon A."],"prevCode":"633-006","nextCode":"633-008","transcript":[{"start":2.04,"end":4.98,"text":"What I want to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, is that you need to be quiet."},{"start":36.48,"end":37.18,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":37.38,"end":40.4,"text":"I'm sorry."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler and Deputy Director of the CIA Vernon Walters to discuss sensitive intelligence matters. The conversation, which was almost entirely redacted for national security, focused on confidential briefing details and operational secrecy. Walters departed the Oval Office shortly after the discussion concluded.","topics":["National Security","Intelligence","Central Intelligence Agency","White House Operations","Classified Information"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:26:40.305Z"},"topicSlugs":["national-security","intelligence","central-intelligence-agency","white-house-operations","classified-information"],"audioDurationSec":777,"audioFiles":[{"file":"633-007.mp3","bytes":7775253,"durationSec":777.12,"bitrate":80042,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:10.727Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/633-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/633-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/633/conversation-633-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}