Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 865 › Conversation 865-013

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Wednesday, February 28, 1973 · 9:02 AM–9:12 AM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation865-013 on Tape 865StartWednesday, February 28, 1973 at 9:02 AMEndWednesday, February 28, 1973 at 9:12 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 865-013 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417182579 ↗

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 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 865-013 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 865-13

Date: February 28, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:02 am and 9:12 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with an unknown person.

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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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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  • 865-007 8:43 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:01 am.
  • 037-005 9:01 AM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Roger E. Johnson talked on the telephone from 9:01 am to 9:02 am.
  • 865-010 9:01 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Roger E. Johnson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:01 am to 9:02 am.
  • 037-006 9:02 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 12:30 pm.
  • 865-011 9:02 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:12 am.
  • 865-012 9:02 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:12 am.
  • 865-014 9:12 AM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 10:23 am.

Conversation 865-013, February 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417182579). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/865-013 (accessed November 15, 2026).