Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 855 › Conversation 855-024
Nixon White House recording on White House taping system
Wednesday, February 14, 1973 · 1:52 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 20 min
AI Summary
Technical staff members gathered in the Oval Office to perform maintenance and calibration on the White House taping and recording equipment. The participants conducted comprehensive tests involving lighting, camera positioning, and audio functionality to resolve issues such as background buzzing. This session ensured that the recording apparatus remained operational and properly configured for future presidential documentation.
- White House taping system
- technical maintenance
- audio-visual equipment
- Oval Office operations
- recording technology
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NARA Description
On February 14, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:52 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 855-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 855-24
Date: February 14, 1973
Time: Unknown after 1:52 pm
Location: Oval Office
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 855-24 (cont’d)
Unknown recording technicians met.
Greetings
Set up of recording equipment
-Readiness
-Tests [?]
-Location
-Working equipment
-Curtains
-Light bulbs
-Tripods
-Shadow on page
-Lighting
-Extension
-Backlight
-Location
-Camera locations
-Paper
-Audio check
-Noise
-Buzzing
-Back wall
-Buzzing
-Bulb
-Polarity
-Camera
The recording was cut off at an unknown time after 1:52 pm.Also recorded on February 14, 1973
- 855-023 1:46 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:52 pm.
- 855-026 1:46 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:52 pm.
- 855-027 1:46 PM · 16 sec — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:52 pm.
- 855-028 1:46 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:52 pm.
- 856-001 2:20 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) [television technicians] met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:31 pm.
- 412-001 2:31 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:38 pm.
- 412-002 2:31 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:38 pm.
- 043-078 2:38 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:38 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 855-024, February 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/855-024 (accessed October 1, 2026).