Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 634 › Conversation 634-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on street infrastructure

Thursday, December 9, 1971 · 11:55 AM–2:38 PM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation634-002 on Tape 634 (tape position 00:10:47–00:11:35)StartThursday, December 9, 1971 at 11:55 AMEndThursday, December 9, 1971 at 2:38 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 634-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to discuss the placement of obstacles or physical barriers. The brief exchange focused on the logistics of clearing or positioning items in the middle of a street. No major policy decisions were made beyond these logistical arrangements.

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Bars in the middle of the street.

NARA Description

On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 2:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 634-2

Date: December 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:55 am and 2:38 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 16-71]

Also recorded on December 9, 1971

  • 633-009 11:22 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Christine Wilde, Jon M. Huntsman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:22 am to 11:23 am.
  • 633-010 11:23 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 11:23 am and 11:25 am.
  • 633-011 11:25 AM · 2 hr — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles R. Jonas, White House operator, Anna Lee Smith, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:25 am to 1:27 pm.
  • 016-068 11:33 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles R. Jonas talked on the telephone from 11:33 am to 11:35 am.
  • 016-069 11:35 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:35 am and 11:53 am.
  • 016-070 11:53 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter Scheel talked on the telephone from 11:53 am to 11:55 am.
  • 016-071 11:55 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 2:38 pm.
  • 634-001 11:55 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 2:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 634-002, December 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/634-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).