President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building for a short, informal discussion. Due to the lack of a formal transcript and the brevity of the encounter, the substance of the conversation remains classified or lost to history. The meeting concluded in under five minutes with no discernible policy actions or significant developments recorded.
On March 20, 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 7:53 pm and 7:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 422-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 422-11
Date: March 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 7:53 pm and 7:58 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man.
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Refreshment [?]
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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 7:58 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.