Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 862 › Conversation 862-021
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House…
Friday, February 23, 1973 · 2:30 PM–2:36 PM ET · Oval Office · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requests administrative assistance from an unidentified staff member to secure copies of his daily schedules for the current and previous day. The President specifies a desire for these schedules to be presented in a graphic format. The brief exchange concludes with the staff member acknowledging the task and preparing to retrieve the requested documents.
- Presidential schedule
- White House administration
- Record-keeping
- Office logistics
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NARA Description
On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 862-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 862-21
Date: February 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:30 pm and 2:36 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown woman.
Copy of days’ schedule
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 2:36 pm.Also recorded on February 23, 1973
- 862-022 2:30 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:36 pm.
- 413-001 2:36 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles B. ("Bud") Wilkinson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:36 pm to 2:48 pm.
- 862-024 2:36 PM · 39 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
- 863-001 2:36 PM · 6 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 9:50 pm on February 24, 1973.
- 863-002 2:36 PM · 26 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 9:50 pm on February 24, 1973.
- 863-003 2:36 PM · 29 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
- 413-002 2:48 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 3:02 pm.
- 413-003 2:48 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 3:02 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 862-021, February 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/862-021 (accessed October 1, 2026).