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Diver & White on Oval Office meeting and Social visit

Friday, March 17, 1972 · 12:16 PM–12:19 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsDiver, Tina; Diver, Neil; White, Margita E.Conversation687-002 on Tape 687 (tape position 00:37:07–00:37:25)StartFriday, March 17, 1972 at 12:16 PMEndFriday, March 17, 1972 at 12:19 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 687-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Tina Diver, Neil Diver, and Margita E. White for a brief follow-up to a previous discussion. The meeting functioned primarily as a social encounter, consisting of general pleasantries before the guests concluded their visit and departed the Oval Office. No substantive policy decisions or administrative actions were recorded during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On March 17, 1972, Tina Diver, Neil Diver, and Margita E. White met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:16 pm to 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 687-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 687-2

Date: March 17, 1972
Time: 12:16 - 12:19 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Tina Diver, Neil Diver and Margita E. White.

[The conversation was in progress when the recording began. This is a continuation of
Conversation No. 686-11]

      [General conversation]

      Thank you

      Goodbye

Diver, et. al. left.

Also recorded on March 17, 1972

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  • 686-010 12:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William Warnack, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Marion H. Smoak, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:05 pm and 12:11 pm.
  • 686-011 12:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tina Diver, Neil Diver, and Margita E. White met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:19 pm.
  • 687-003 12:19 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 1:14 pm.
  • 686-012 12:36 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:42 pm.
  • 687-004 1:14 PM · 40 sec — Stephen B. Bull and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:14 pm.
  • 323-029 1:45 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 687-002, March 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/687-002 (accessed October 3, 2026).