Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 119 › Conversation 119-003

Bush on Cabinet Room and White House Administration

Tuesday, March 20, 1973 · 10:26 AM–1:00 PM ET · Cabinet Room

ParticipantsBush, George H. W.; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation119-003 onTape 119StartTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 10:26 AMEndTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 1:00 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 119-003 ↗

AI Summary

George H. W. Bush met with unknown individuals in the Cabinet Room to discuss matters that remain obscured due to the withdrawal of the recording for personal reasons. The available archival material provides no substantive record of the topics addressed or decisions made during the six-minute and forty-one-second duration of the meeting. Consequently, the historical significance of this encounter cannot be determined from the existing documentation.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On March 20, 1973, George H. W. Bush and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 1:00 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 119-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 119-3

Date: Unknown between March 20 and March 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:26 am, March 20 and 1:00 pm, March 30, 1973
Location: Cabinet Room

George H. W. Bush [?] met with unknown people

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 6m 41s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Bush [?] and the unknown people left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm, March 30, 1973

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 119-003, March 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/119-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).