Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 843 › Conversation 843-015

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Friday, January 26, 1973 · 8:37 AM–10:11 AM ET · Oval Office · 33 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation843-015 on Tape 843StartFriday, January 26, 1973 at 8:37 AMEndFriday, January 26, 1973 at 10:11 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 843-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held an undocumented meeting with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office. Due to the lack of available transcripts or descriptive logs, the specific subject matter, policy objectives, and potential action items discussed during this encounter remain historically ambiguous. The recording serves as a placeholder for an interaction between the President and unknown guests whose identities and agenda were not captured or preserved in the official record.

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NARA Description

On January 26, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:37 am and 10:11 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 843-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 843-15

Date: January 26, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:37 am and 10:11 am
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people met.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                               Conversation No. 843-14 (cont’d)

       Meetings

Unknown people left at an unknown time before 10:11 am.

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  • 843-003 8:17 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:17 am and 8:27 am.
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  • 843-005 8:27 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:27 am and 8:37 am.
  • 113-002 8:37 AM · 1 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional leaders, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Norris Cotton, Wallace F. Bennett, John G. Tower, William E. Brock, III, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John J. Rhodes, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, George H. W. Bush, Roy L. Ash, John D. Ehrlichman, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Frederic V. Malek, Ronald L. Ziegler, Richard G. Kleindienst, George P. Shultz, and Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:37 am to 10:11 am.
  • 113-003 10:11 AM · 11 min — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:34 am.
  • 113-004 10:11 AM · 46 min — Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including George P. Shultz, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, John L. McClellan, Russell B. Long, Milton R. Young, Wallace F. Bennett, Carl B. Albert, Gerald R. Ford, John J. McFall, George H. Mahon, Wilbur D. Mills, Elford A. Cederberg, Herman T. Schneebeli, John D. Ehrlichman, Herbert Stein, William E. Timmons, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Frederic V. Malek, Thomas C. Korologos, and Richard K. Cook, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 11:04 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 843-015, January 26, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/843-015 (accessed October 9, 2026).