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.
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 AidConversation No. 640-1
Date: December 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:46 am and 9:48 am
Location: Oval Office
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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.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.