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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417182551 ↗

An 18-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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.

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

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Conversation 864-010, February 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417182551). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/864-010 (accessed November 15, 2026).