Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 637 › Conversation 637-010

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

Friday, December 10, 1971 · 10:37 AM–11:04 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation637-010 on Tape 637 (tape position 01:45:08–01:47:58)StartFriday, December 10, 1971 at 10:37 AMEndFriday, December 10, 1971 at 11:04 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 637-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a phone connection to a Senator located in the White House residence. The brief exchange focused on identifying the Senator's specific whereabouts to ensure the call could be successfully placed. The conversation served strictly as a logistical coordination to establish communication between the President and the legislator.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.1 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Mr. Fowles, Senator, he's in the residence on the second floor.
You can get him there.

NARA Description

On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 11:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 637-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 637-10

Date: December 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:37 am and 11:04 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 16-99]

Also recorded on December 10, 1971

  • 637-006 10:17 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:17 am to 10:37 am.
  • 637-004 10:26 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:26 am.
  • 637-005 10:26 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:26 am.
  • 637-007 10:37 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 11:04 am.
  • 637-008 10:37 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 11:04 am.
  • 637-009 10:37 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 11:04 am.
  • 635-008 10:51 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:51 am to 11:12 am.
  • 637-011 11:04 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:14 am.

All 75 conversations from December 10, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 637-010, December 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/637-010 (accessed October 5, 2026).