Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 840 › Conversation 840-018
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Lady Bird Johnson
Saturday, February 3, 1973 · 1:23 PM–1:32 PM ET · Oval Office · 17 sec
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On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:32 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 840-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 840-18
Date: February 3, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 1:32 pm
Location: Oval Office
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 840-19 (cont’d)
The President talked with the White House operator.
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- 840-015 1:20 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm.
- 043-020 1:21 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield talked on the telephone from 1:21 pm to 1:23 pm.
- 840-016 1:21 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:21 pm to 1:23 pm.
- 043-021 1:23 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:33 pm.
- 840-017 1:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:32 pm.
- 840-019 1:32 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Claudia A. Johnson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:32 pm to 1:57 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 840-018, February 3, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417182339). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/840-018 (accessed November 15, 2026).