Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 862 › Conversation 862-024
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Room Security
Friday, February 23, 1973 · 2:36 PM–8:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 39 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures an unidentified individual or individuals engaged in a brief, low-level office interaction in the Oval Office. The content is limited to routine physical logistics, specifically addressing seating arrangements and a potential room check. The brief nature of the exchange and lack of identifiable participants result in no substantive policy developments or executive decisions.
- Oval Office
- Logistics
- Office Administration
- Room Security
Audio
NARA Description
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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 862-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 862-24
Date: February 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:36 pm, February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am, February 26, 1973
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
Room check [?]
Seat
The recording was cut off at an unknown time.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on February 23, 1973
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- 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.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 862-024, February 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417182531). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/862-024 (accessed November 15, 2026).