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Nixon White House recording on Staging and Event planning

Thursday, March 25, 1971 · 5:00 PM–9:40 AM ET · Oval Office ·21 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation473-018 onTape 473 (tape position 04:58:50–04:59:11)StartThursday, March 25, 1971 at 5:00 PMEndFriday, March 26, 1971 at 9:40 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 473-018 ↗

AI Summary

An unidentified group discusses the logistics of an upcoming public event, specifically focusing on the positioning of a booth and the progression of the participants toward a subsequent scene. The dialogue suggests coordination for a scheduled appearance or venue movement, though the lack of context makes the specific event unclear. This brief exchange appears to be a logistical check regarding security or staging arrangements for an upcoming presidential engagement.

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You know they're coming here, don't you?

Where?

You know they're coming in front?

Yeah, the booth?

Yeah, the whole booth.

I don't know what you're saying.

I think the plan is, you know, the plan is to be at the next scene.

Yeah.

NARA Description

Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:00 pm on March 25, 1971 and 9:40 am on March 26, 1971. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 473-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

President’s schedule
          -National Security Council [NSC] meeting
                -Length
          -Signing ceremony
                -Executive Branch reorganization
          -NSC meeting
                -Briefing by General Robert E. Cushman, Jr.

     Vietnam report

Also recorded on March 25, 1971

473-011 4:23 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:40 pm.
473-012 4:23 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:40 pm.
473-013 4:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:40 pm.
473-014 4:23 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:40 pm.
473-015 4:23 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Robert H. Finch, Clark MacGregor, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, and William M. Allen met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:56 pm.
473-016 4:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Walter E. Fauntroy, Dorothy (Simms) Fauntroy, Marvin K. Fauntroy, Clark MacGregor, and Robert J. Brown met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm.
051-012 5:00 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and the Congressional Black Caucus, including Charles C. Diggs, Jr., August F. Hawkins, William L. Clay, George W. Collins, John Conyers, Jr., Ronald V. Dellums, Walter E. Fauntroy, Ralph Metcalfe, Parren J. Mitchell, Robert N. C. Nix, Charles B. Rangel, Louis Stokes, and Shirley Chisholm, as well as staff members Clark MacGregor, Robert H. Finch, George P. Shultz, George W. Romney, Robert J. Brown, and Leonard Garment and press photographers, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.
473-017 5:00 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:00 pm on March 25, 1971 and 9:40 am on March 26, 1971.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 473-018, March 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/473-018 (accessed September 18, 2026).