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Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Presidential meetings

Monday, February 7, 1972 · 8:55 AM–9:32 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation666-001 onTape 666 (tape position 00:00:24–00:15:27)StartMonday, February 7, 1972 at 8:55 AMEndMonday, February 7, 1972 at 9:32 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 666-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held an Oval Office meeting with an unidentified individual, the substance of which remains inaccessible due to the lack of an available transcript or audio clarity. As the recording consists entirely of unintelligible dialogue, no specific policy decisions, political strategies, or administrative actions can be attributed to the participants. Consequently, the historical significance of this encounter remains undetermined.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On February 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:55 am and 9:32 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 666-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 666-1

Date: February 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:55 am and 9:32 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:32 am.

Also recorded on February 7, 1972

  • 020-046 8:55 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, Donald F. Barnes, unknown person(s), and Gen. Alejandro A. Lanusse talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 am and 11:41 am.
  • 666-002 9:32 AM · 2 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), John D. Ehrlichman, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Donald F. Barnes, Henry A. Kissinger, and Gen. Alejandro A. Lanusse met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:32 am and 11:54 am.
  • 020-047 11:41 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 3:41 pm.
  • 090-001 11:54 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, United States Attorneys, Treasury Department officials, and Justice Department officials, including Whitney N. Seymour, Jr., William D. Keller, James R. Thompson, Jr., Harold H. Titus, Jr., Louis C. Bechtle, Ralph Guy, Jr., Joseph L. Tauro, James L. Browning, Jr., Richard L. Thornburgh, George Beall, Herbert J. Stein, Anthony J. P. Farris, Eldon B. Mahon, Stan Pitkin, John W. Stokes, Jr., Donald O'Connor, Harry D. Steward, Robert W. Rust, James L. Treece, Gerald J. Gallinghouse, Daniel Bartlett, Frederick Coleman, Sidney I. Lezak, William Smitherman, William W. Milligan, David J. Cannon, John L. Briggs, Wayman G. Sherrer, James M. Sullivan, Jr., F. L. Peter Stone, Richard G. Kleindeinst, Myles J. Ambrose, Henry E. Petersen, Jerris Leonard, John E. ("Jack") Ingersoll, Harlington Wood, Jr., Eugene T. Rossides, John F. Hanlon, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Geoffrey C. Shepard, the White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 11:54 am to 12:18 pm.
  • 666-003 11:54 AM · 2 min — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 12:23 pm.
  • 666-004 11:54 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 12:23 pm.
  • 666-005 11:54 AM · 1 min — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 12:23 pm.
  • 090-004 12:18 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:18 pm on February 7, 1972 and 11:22 am on February 9, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 666-001, February 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/666-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).