Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 803 › Conversation 803-020
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Press Relations
Wednesday, October 18, 1972 · 3:16 PM–3:20 PM ET · Oval Office · 27 sec
A 27-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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NARA Description
On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 803-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 803-20
Date: October 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:16 pm and 3:20 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
The President’s schedule
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Press briefing
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:20 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 803-020, October 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/803-020 (accessed November 2, 2026).