Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 634 › Conversation 634-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House operator

Thursday, December 9, 1971 · 2:39 PM–2:43 PM ET · Oval Office · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation634-004 on Tape 634 (tape position 00:13:19–00:14:20)StartThursday, December 9, 1971 at 2:39 PMEndThursday, December 9, 1971 at 2:43 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 634-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief communication through the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The interaction serves as a functional request to connect with an individual in Burns, Wisconsin. No substantive policy discussions or political developments occur during this brief administrative exchange.

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Burns, Wisconsin.

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 2:39 pm and 2:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 634-4

Date: December 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 2:43 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 16-73]

Also recorded on December 9, 1971

  • 016-072 2:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
  • 634-003 2:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
  • 016-073 2:39 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 634-005 2:43 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John W. Byrnes, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:43 pm to 2:59 pm.
  • 016-074 2:46 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Byrnes talked on the telephone from 2:46 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 016-075 2:48 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 7:42 pm.
  • 634-006 2:59 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 634-007 3:00 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hubert Maga, Sophia K. Porson, White House photographer, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:29 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 634-004, 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/634-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).