Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 866 › Conversation 866-007

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on International relations

Thursday, March 1, 1973 · 10:51 AM–10:56 AM ET · Oval Office ·1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation866-007 onTape 866StartThursday, March 1, 1973 at 10:51 AMEndThursday, March 1, 1973 at 10:56 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 866-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with a staff member, identified as Greg, to discuss scheduling arrangements for upcoming visits from international delegations. The conversation focused on coordinating ten-to-fifteen-minute meetings with visiting governors from Japan and the Soviet Union expected in the spring. Additionally, the President briefly addressed the handling of gifts for Israeli Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin.

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There are two items that you can give to Steve.

There's no hurry.

There's nothing urgent that's going to come up for a while.

There will be a group of governors from Japan.

The United States sometimes, in April or May, they come in for 10 minutes, you know, 15 minutes.

And a group of governors, possibly from Russia, we always see them anyway.

Those, I don't know, you just, when they do come, they work it out.

So, hey, that's what it is.

Thank you very much, Greg.

NARA Description

On March 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 866-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 866-7

Date: March 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:51 am and 10:56 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

       Stephen B. Bull's schedule

       President’s schedule
             -Visit by governors
                   -Japan, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
                   -Arrangements

       Yitzhak Rabin
            -Israel’s ambassador to US
            -Birthday
                  -Ashtrays

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:56 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 866-007, March 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/866-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).