President Nixon utilized this session in his Old Executive Office Building suite to dictate a memorandum. The recording captures the President engaged in administrative work, though the specific subject matter of the dictated document remains unavailable due to the lack of a transcript. This brief meeting reflects the President's routine use of the taping system to record official correspondence and policy directives.
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 am and 8:47 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 400-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 400-15
Date: January 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:22 am and 8:47 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum.
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Dictation
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*****************************************************************No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.