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Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Administrative uncertainty

Wednesday, January 24, 1973 · 11:52 AM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 29 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation841-016 on Tape 841StartWednesday, January 24, 1973 at 11:52 AMEndWednesday, January 24, 1973 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 841-016 ↗

AI Summary

An unidentified individual met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss ambiguous personal or professional positioning. The brief and fragmented exchange centers on the speaker's uncertainty regarding Nixon's perspective or guidance on a specific course of action. No substantive policy decisions or actionable items were finalized during this interaction.

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I don't know which direction he would feel me.
Feel me?
Yes, sir.
All right.

NARA Description

On January 24, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 841-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 841-16

Date: January 24, 1973
Time: Unknown after 11:52 am
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people met.

       Someone’s location
           -EOB

Unknown people left.
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 841-016, January 24, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/841-016 (accessed October 6, 2026).