Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 416 › Conversation 416-042

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Alexander Haig

Saturday, March 17, 1973 · 11:15 AM–11:25 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation416-042 on Tape 416StartSaturday, March 17, 1973 at 11:15 AMEndSaturday, March 17, 1973 at 11:25 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 416-042 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief ten-minute meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. While the official record notes the presence of Alexander M. Haig, Jr. in the surrounding context, the specific substance of the exchange remains unrecorded or obscured. Consequently, no meaningful policy decisions or substantive developments can be attributed to this brief interaction.

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NARA Description

On March 17, 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 11:15 am and 11:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 416-042 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 416-42

Date: March 17, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:15 am and 11:25 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

       President’s schedule
                                             -47-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

            -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:25 am.

Also recorded on March 17, 1973

037-137 10:11 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:14 am.
037-138 10:14 AM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:14 am to 10:15 am.
882-006 10:14 AM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:15 am.
882-007 10:15 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:20 am.
882-008 10:20 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 11:15 am.
882-014 11:15 AM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 12:27 pm.
416-043 11:25 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:25 am to 12:33 pm.
882-009 12:27 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:27 pm to 12:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 416-042, March 17, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/416-042 (accessed October 1, 2026).