Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 850 › Conversation 850-013
Nixon White House recording on Personnel and Oval Office
Tuesday, February 6, 1973 · 12:38 PM–12:42 PM ET · Oval Office · 29 sec
AI Summary
An unidentified individual met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to facilitate a brief, informal arrangement regarding personnel or scheduling. The participants discussed the logistics of meeting a specific woman, identified by a numeric reference code, as part of an unspecified internal coordination task. The brief four-minute exchange concluded with the participants confirming the meeting details before exiting the office.
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NARA Description
On February 6, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 850-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 850-013
Conversation No. 850-013
Date: February 6, 1973
Time: Unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:42 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met at an unknown time after 12:38 pm.
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Unknown people left at an unknown time before 12:42 pm.Also recorded on February 6, 1973
- 850-008 11:34 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, King Hussein ibn Talal, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and Zaid al-Rifai met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:34 am to 12:38 pm.
- 850-009 12:42 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:42 pm to 12:48 pm.
- 850-010 12:48 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:48 pm and 12:51 pm.
- 850-011 12:51 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:51 pm to 1:23 pm.
- 043-031 1:54 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:54 pm and 2:47 pm.
- 409-008 1:54 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:54 pm.
- 409-009 1:54 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:54 pm to 1:55 pm.
- 409-010 1:55 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:55 pm to 1:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 850-013, February 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/850-013 (accessed October 12, 2026).