Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 816 › Conversation 816-005
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Presidential records
Wednesday, November 29, 1972 · 5:32 PM–8:34 AM ET · Oval Office · 14 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures an unidentified meeting in the Oval Office held during the transition between November 29 and 30, 1972. Due to the lack of available transcripts or archival documentation, the specific participants and the content of their discussion remain unknown. Consequently, no policy decisions or action items can be verified from this segment of the White House taping system.
- Oval Office
- Presidential records
- Unidentified meeting
- White House Tapes
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
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 816-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 816-5
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 816-5 (cont’d)
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]
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.
- 816-004 5:32 PM · 34 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 816-005, 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/816-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).