President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. The primary purpose of the gathering was to coordinate a subsequent meeting with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The interaction concluded quickly when the visitor departed shortly before 10:34 am.
On January 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:19 am and 10:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 647-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 647-5
Date: January 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:19 am and 10:34 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
Requested meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:34 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.