Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 640 › Conversation 640-001
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office operations
Wednesday, December 22, 1971 · 9:46 AM–9:48 AM ET · Oval Office · 3 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief two-second encounter in the Oval Office with unidentified individual(s). The interaction was strictly limited to a request for coffee. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this exchange.
- Oval Office operations
- Presidential logistics
- Staff interaction
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On December 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:46 am and 9:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 640-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 640-1
Date: December 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:46 am and 9:48 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/04/2022.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[640-001-w001]
[Duration: 2s]
Request
-Coffee
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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:48 am.Also recorded on December 22, 1971
- 640-002 9:46 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:46 am and 9:48 am.
- 640-003 9:48 AM · 1 hr 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz, and Arthur F. Burns met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:48 am to 11:02 am.
- 640-004 11:02 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:02 am to 11:03 am.
- 640-005 11:03 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Richard S. Smith, Christopher Sumner, Lewis F. Powell, III, William H. Rehnquist, James Rehnquist, James Rehnquist, John N. Mitchell, Wallace H. Johnson, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Richard A. Moore, Charles W. Colson, Herbert G. Klein, Geoffrey C. Shepard, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:03 am to 11:33 am.
- 086-005 11:33 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the President's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation, including Reed O. Hunt, Atherton Bean, Morris D. Crawford, Jr., Morgan C. Earnest, James H. Edgerton, Richard G. Gilbert, William D. Grant, Alan Greenspan, Walter S. Holmes, Jr., [Joseph] Lane Kirkland, Donald S. MacNaughton, Edward H. Malone, Rex J. Morthland, William H. Morton, Ellmore C. Patterson, K. A. Randall, Ralph S. Regula, Dr. Raymond J. Saulnier, Ezra Solomon, Robert H. Stewart, III, Dr. Donald Jacobs, Dr. Almarin Phillips, Allen R. Rule, Henry Shine, Jr., Clarence Scruggs, James Lynch, Edward J. Gannon, Charls E. Walker, Paul A. Volcker, Peter M. Flanigan, George P. Shultz, the White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 11:33 am to 12:11 pm.
- 640-006 12:11 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Peter M. Flanigan, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 640-007 12:31 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Paul W. McCracken, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:31 pm to 12:43 pm.
- 640-008 12:43 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 640-001, December 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/640-001 (accessed October 10, 2026).