Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 860 › Conversation 860-017
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Presidential records
Wednesday, February 21, 1973 · 3:58 PM–4:02 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, four-minute meeting in the Oval Office with unknown individuals. Due to the lack of audible dialogue in the recording, the specific purpose and substantive content of the discussion remain unidentified. No actionable outcomes or policy developments are discernable from the available record of this brief encounter.
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NARA Description
On February 21, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 4:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 860-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 860-17
Date: February 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:58 pm and 4:02 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men met.
President’s location
-Reception
Unknown men left at an unknown time before 4:02 pm.Also recorded on February 21, 1973
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- 860-010 3:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:26 pm to 3:28 pm.
- 860-011 3:28 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:28 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 860-012 3:30 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:30 pm to 3:58 pm.
- 860-013 3:58 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 4:02 pm.
- 860-014 3:58 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 4:02 pm.
- 860-015 4:02 PM · 1 hr 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Edgar Allen Poe, Garnett D. ("Jack") Horner, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:02 pm to 5:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 860-017, February 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/860-017 (accessed October 1, 2026).