Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 639 › Conversation 639-010
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Saturday, December 18, 1971 · 1:34 PM–1:36 PM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, two-minute meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The interaction was limited to a single administrative exchange regarding the movement of people within the room. No substantive policy discussions or significant decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
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NARA Description
On December 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 639-010
Date: December 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:34 pm and 1:36 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 06/14/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[639-010-w001]
[Duration: 4s]
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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:36 pm.Also recorded on December 18, 1971
- 639-007 1:09 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 11:11 pm.
- 639-008 1:09 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 11:11 pm.
- 639-009 1:11 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:11 pm to 1:34 pm.
- 639-011 1:36 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Nawabzada Am Raza, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:36 pm to 2:06 pm.
- 016-111 1:40 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 1:40 pm to 1:46 pm.
- 016-112 1:46 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 639-012 2:06 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:06 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 639-013 2:06 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:06 pm and 2:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 639-010, December 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/639-010 (accessed October 10, 2026).