President Nixon held a brief meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual to discuss an unspecified matter. During the engagement, Nixon requested that Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler join them. The meeting concluded quickly, with the guest departing the office shortly thereafter.
On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:23 am and 9:27 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 859-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 859-5
Date: February 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:23 am and 9:27 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
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Conversation No. 859-5 (cont’d)
Request for Ronald L. Ziegler to join him
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:27 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.