Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 636 › Conversation 636-007

Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Presidential meeting

Friday, December 10, 1971 · 4:07 PM–4:18 PM ET · Oval Office · 15 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation636-007 on Tape 636 (tape position 00:34:29–00:34:59)StartFriday, December 10, 1971 at 4:07 PMEndFriday, December 10, 1971 at 4:18 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 636-007 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183003 ↗

A 15-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On December 10, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 636-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 636-7

Date: December 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:07 pm and 4:18 pm
Location: Oval Office

An unknown woman met with an unknown man.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and closed.
The withdrawal is now categorized as a PRMPA Federal Statute (A) and was reviewed under
deed of gift 09/30/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[636-007-w001]
[Duration: 8s]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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     The President’s location
          -Cabinet Room

The unknown woman and the unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:18 pm.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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Conversation 636-007, December 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183003). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/636-007 (accessed November 2, 2026).