President Nixon held an undocumented meeting with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building suite to discuss matters of state or personal administration. Although the specific substance of the dialogue remains unrecorded due to the lack of a transcript, the interaction concluded abruptly when the visitor departed less than twenty-one minutes into the session. This encounter highlights the presence of private, unindexed consultations occurring within the Executive Office Building during the administration.
On February 8, 1973, 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 1:28 pm and 1:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 409-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 409-21
Date: February 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:28 pm and 1:49 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man.
Delivery
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:49 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.