Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 816 › Conversation 816-004
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and White House administration
Wednesday, November 29, 1972 · 5:32 PM–8:34 AM ET · Oval Office · 34 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures an unidentified individual or group meeting with President Nixon in the Oval Office. The minimal surviving transcript focuses solely on an inquiry regarding the President's location. Due to the limited nature of the available material, no substantive policy discussions or significant administrative decisions are documented.
- Presidential scheduling
- Oval Office
- White House administration
- Presidential movements
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NARA Description
Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:32 pm on November 29, 1972 and 8:34 am on November 30, 1972. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 816-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 816-4
Date: November 29, 1972 or November 30, 1972
Time: Unknown time between 5:32 pm, November 29, 1972 and 8:34 am, November 30, 1972
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]
Inquiry
The President’s location
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Unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:34 am, November 30, 1972.Also recorded on November 29, 1972
- 816-002 2:48 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 2:52 pm.
- 816-003 2:52 PM · 2 hr 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Nguyen Phu Duc, Tran Kim Phuong, White House photographer, Zosimo Monson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:52 pm to 5:32 pm.
- 816-005 5:32 PM · 14 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:32 pm on November 29, 1972 and 8:34 am on November 30, 1972.
- 816-006 5:32 PM · 3 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:32 pm on November 29, 1972 and 8:34 am on November 30, 1972.
- 110-006 5:36 PM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon and African American administration officials and other staffers, including Robert J. Brown, Art Reid, John Calhoun, Frank Kent, Connie Mack Higgins, George W. Haley, Colston A. Lewis, Alfred Sweeney, T. M. Alexander, Gloria E. A. Toote, Norman B. Houston, Samuel C. Jackson, John L. Jenkins, Stanley S. Scott, Norris Sydnor, Lois Hobson, Samuel P. Singletary, Brig. Gen. Daniel ("Chappie") James, Jr., James E. Johnson, William W. Parker, Stanley B. Thomas, Samuel G. Adams, Jr., Elizabeth D. Koontz, Jerome Shuman, Donald L. Miller, Joseph W. Daniels, Sallyanne Payton, Edward E. Mitchell, Reuben R. Jones, Alfred Edwards, Barbara M. Watson, Jewell S. LaFontant, Theodore R. Britton, Jr., John L. Blake, Thad Ware, Ted Brown, Arthur B. McCaw, Benjamin F. Holman, William H. Brown, III, John D. Ehrlichman, Frederick V. Malek, White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:36 pm to 6:20 pm.
- 110-008 6:20 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 110-009 6:20 PM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 110-010 6:20 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 816-004, November 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/816-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).