President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office immediately following a scheduled appointment with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. Due to the lack of a transcript and the meeting's extremely short duration, the specific agenda remains undocumented. This encounter reflects the rapid turnover typical of the President’s evening scheduling during this period.
On March 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 681-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 681-6
Date: March 9, 1972
Time: 6:07 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
The President’s schedule
-Meeting
-Ronald L. Ziegler
The unknown person left at 6:07 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.