Conversation: 900-023
Prev: 900-022 Next: 900-024Start Date: Wednesday, April 18, 1973 6:18 PM
End Date: Wednesday, April 18, 1973 7:56 PM
Participants:
[Unknown person(s)]; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 18, 1973, unknown person(s) and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 2:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 900-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 900-23
Date: April 18, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 2:56 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown persons entered.
President’s location
Noise lever
Film crew arrival
-President’s knowledge
Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra [?]
Technical arrangements
-Wiring
-Acoustics
-Power sources
-Lighting
-Shadows
-Back lighting
-Testing
Greetings
Technical arrangements
-Technique
-Readiness
The President entered at 2:43 pm.
George P. Shultz
-Location
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 900-23 (cont’d)
Technical arrangements
-Size of room
-Seating
-Boom microphone [?]
-Focus of camera
-Picture
-Stand-by
-Countdown
-Focus
-Talk with President
The President filmed a portion of his “Remarks on Transmitting a Special Message to the
Congress on Energy Policy” at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 2:45 pm.
[A transcript of the final broadcast of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents of
the United States: Richard Nixon, Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of
the President, 1973, pages 301-302.]
[Begin recorded remarks]
[End recorded remarks]
Speech
-Miscue
-Technical problems
-Audio
-Sound test
The President re-filmed his “Remarks on Transmitting a Special Message to the Congress on
Energy Policy” in its entirety at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 2:45 pm.
[A transcript of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:
Richard Nixon, Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President,
1973, pages 301-302.]
[Begin recorded remarks]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 900-23 (cont’d)
[End recorded remarks]
The President left at 2:45 pm.
Speech
-Filming
-Back-up feed
-Live feed
-Approval
-Rehearsal
Filming equipment
-Disassembly and removal
Instruction [?]
The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 2:56 pm.