Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 660 › Conversation 660-015

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Rose Mary Woods

Monday, January 31, 1972 · 9:04 AM–9:23 AM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation660-015 on Tape 660 (tape position 03:47:16–04:02:45)StartMonday, January 31, 1972 at 9:04 AMEndMonday, January 31, 1972 at 9:23 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 660-015 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417180643 ↗

A 7-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 January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 9:23 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 660-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 660-015

Date: January 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:04 am and 9:23 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.

     Item for Rose Mary Woods

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:23 am.

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

  • 660-016 9:23 AM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:23 am to 10:34 am.
  • 660-017 10:34 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Benno C. Schmidt, R. Lee Clark, Robert A. Good, Elliot L. Richardson, James H. Cavanaugh, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:34 am to 10:59 am.
  • 660-018 10:59 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:03 am.
  • 660-019 10:59 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:03 am.
  • 660-020 10:59 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:03 am.
  • 660-021 11:03 AM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Joseph M. A. Luns, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:03 am to 11:54 am.
  • 661-001 1:28 PM · 1 hr 40 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, Abraham A. Ribicoff, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:28 pm to 3:12 pm.
  • 020-002 2:22 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:22 pm and 2:34 pm.

Conversation 660-015, January 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417180643). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/660-015 (accessed November 2, 2026).