Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 394 › Conversation 394-017

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings

Monday, January 8, 1973 · 3:11 PM–3:26 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation394-017 on Tape 394StartMonday, January 8, 1973 at 3:11 PMEndMonday, January 8, 1973 at 3:26 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 394-017 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building suite for a brief discussion. The meeting, which lasted approximately fifteen minutes, included the provision of refreshments. No record of the substantive content of this conversation exists, as the segment was restricted and no transcript is available.

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On January 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 3:11 pm and 3:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 394-017 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 394-17

Date: January 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:11 pm and 3:26 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

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       Refreshments
            -Coffee
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                          Conversation No. 394-17 (cont’d)

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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:26 pm
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Conversation 394-017, January 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/394-017 (accessed October 11, 2026).