Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 446 › Conversation 446-015
Nixon & Chief Petty Officer on Briefcase recovery and Presidential security
Thursday, June 14, 1973 · 9:16 PM–10:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 22 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with a Chief Petty Officer to address the recovery of a misplaced briefcase. The President confirmed the location of the item in the Lincoln Sitting Room and issued instructions for its retrieval and delivery to the Executive Office Building. The brief interaction concluded once the retrieval process was initiated.
- Briefcase recovery
- Logistics
- Presidential security
- White House operations
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NARA Description
On June 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Chief Petty Officer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:16 pm and 10:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 446-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 446-15
Date: June 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:16 pm and 10:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with the Chief Petty Officer.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 446-15 (cont’d)
Briefcase
-Location
-Lincoln Sitting Room
-Delivery to Executive Office Building [EOB]
The Chief Petty Officer left at an unknown time before 10:00 pm.Also recorded on June 15, 1973
- 040-121 9:10 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:14 pm.
- 446-013 9:10 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:14 pm.
- 040-122 9:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates talked on the telephone from 9:14 pm to 9:16 pm.
- 446-014 9:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:14 pm to 9:16 pm.
- 446-016 9:16 PM · 9 sec — 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 9:16 pm and 10:00 pm.
- 446-017 10:00 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:00 pm to 11:15 pm.
- 942-001 8:20 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:20 am to 8:46 am.
- 942-002 8:46 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 9:20 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 446-015, June 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/446-015 (accessed October 9, 2026).