Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 667 › Conversation 667-004
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and White House Tapes
Tuesday, February 8, 1972 · 12:20 PM–5:13 PM ET · Oval Office · 30 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures a brief, thirty-second interaction between Richard Nixon and unidentified individuals within the Oval Office. The audio consists primarily of room noise and muffled background speech that remains largely unintelligible. Consequently, the archival record provides no substantive information regarding specific topics, decisions, or developments.
- Oval Office
- White House Tapes
- Unintelligible audio
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NARA Description
On February 8, 1972, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 5:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 667-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 667-4 Date: February 8, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 5:13 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people met. [Unintelligible] The unknown people left at an unknown time before 5:13 pm. ****************************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 08/12/2022.] [Unintelligible] [667-004-w001] [Duration: 30s] [This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.] ******************************************************************************
Also recorded on February 8, 1972
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- 320-007 12:23 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:28 pm.
- 320-008 12:23 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:28 pm.
- 020-057 12:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. Walter Riland talked on the telephone from 12:28 pm to 12:29 pm.
- 320-009 12:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dr. W. Kenneth Riland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:28 pm to 12:29 pm.
- 320-010 12:29 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 2:31 pm.
- 320-011 12:29 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 2:31 pm.
- 320-012 12:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 2:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 667-004, February 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/667-004 (accessed October 2, 2026).