President Nixon utilized this time to dictate a memorandum for his personal files following his recent inauguration. The brief recording captures the President documenting minor logistical details related to the ceremonial proceedings, specifically concerning floral arrangements and the family members of an unidentified individual. No major policy decisions or significant administrative actions were discussed during this brief dictation.
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 1:46 pm and 1:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 404-22
Date: January 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 1:53 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the files.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
1973 inauguration [?]
-Someone’s sister
-Flowers
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
(rev. Feb-09)No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.