Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 864 › Conversation 864-010

Yates on Oval Office and Unidentified male

Tuesday, February 27, 1973 · 6:35 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; Yates, Nellie L.Conversation864-010 on Tape 864StartTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 6:35 PMEndTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 864-010 ↗

This Oval Office recording captures a brief, un-transcribed interaction between an unidentified man and Nellie L. Yates. The conversation appears to have been very short, possibly initiated by a buzzer, and included a greeting. No significant topics, decisions, or action items are discernible from the available information.

  • Oval Office
  • Nellie L. Yates
  • Unidentified male
  • Brief interaction
  • Buzzer

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

On February 27, 1973, unknown person(s) and Nellie L. Yates met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:35 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 864-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 864-10

Date: February 27, 1973
Time: Unknown after 6:35 pm
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                               Conversation No. 864-10 (cont’d)

Location: Oval Office

An unknown man met with Nellie L Yates.

       Buzzer
                -Light [?]
                -Release

       Greeting

This recording was cut off at an unknown time after 6:35 pm.
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Conversation 864-010, February 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/864-010 (accessed October 1, 2026).