Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 848 › Conversation 848-008

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Presidential protocol

Monday, February 5, 1973 · 9:59 AM–10:05 AM ET · Oval Office · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation848-008 on Tape 848StartMonday, February 5, 1973 at 9:59 AMEndMonday, February 5, 1973 at 10:05 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 848-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, six-minute meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The discussion was limited to the President extending his personal expression of thanks to the participant. No further substantive policy matters or specific administrative decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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NARA Description

On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 848-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 848-8

Date: February 5, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:59 am and 10:05 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with an unknown person.

        Expression of thanks
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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848-009 10:05 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:05 am to 10:38 am.
848-018 10:38 AM · 12 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:38 am and 11:09 am.
848-019 10:38 AM · 9 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:38 am and 11:09 am.
112-002 10:40 AM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the Pay Board and Price Commission, including Donald Rumsfeld, James W. McLane, George H. Boldt, Robert P. Tiernan, Kermit Gordon, Arnold R. Weber, William G. Caples, Dr. C. Jackson ("Dan") Grayson, Jr., William B. Lewis, William T. Coleman, Jr., Mary T. Hamilton, Robert F. Lanzillotti, John William Queenan, and J. Wilson Newman, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:40 am to 11:08 am.
848-010 11:09 AM · 1 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House photographer, Clay T. ("Tom") Whitehead, W. Richard Howard, Albert E. Sindlinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:09 am to 12:39 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 848-008, February 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/848-008 (accessed October 9, 2026).