Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 440 › Conversation 440-045
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on POW reception
Thursday, May 24, 1973 · 4:52 PM–5:05 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 22 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative matters concerning his upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the brief meeting involved arrangements for a planned reception honoring returning prisoners of war (POWs). No further substantive policy decisions or political developments were recorded during this brief administrative encounter.
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NARA Description
On May 24, 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 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-045 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 440-45
Date: May 24, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
President’s schedule
-Refreshment
-Prisoners of war [POW] reception
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:05 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 440-045, May 24, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/440-045 (accessed October 12, 2026).