President Nixon held a private meeting in his Old Executive Office Building suite with an unidentified individual. The nature of the interaction remains obscured, as the archival record indicates only that the participants partook in refreshments. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were documented during this segment of the recording.
On March 16, 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 1:38 pm and 2:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 420-1
Date: March 16, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:38 pm and 2:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown person.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Refreshment
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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:45 p.m.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.