Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 865 › Conversation 865-027

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office meeting

Wednesday, February 28, 1973 · 4:23 PM–4:25 PM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation865-027 on Tape 865StartWednesday, February 28, 1973 at 4:23 PMEndWednesday, February 28, 1973 at 4:25 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 865-027 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon briefly conferred with an unidentified man in the Oval Office. The conversation appears to have been a preliminary check before a subsequent meeting, as indicated by a question about whether "they all hear us?" The meeting was extremely short, lasting only a couple of minutes, and no substantive topics or decisions were recorded.

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Do they all hear us?
All right, fine.

NARA Description

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 4:23 pm and 4:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 865-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 865-27

Date: February 28, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:23 pm and 4:25 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

       Participants for subsequent meeting

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:25 pm.

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  • 414-004 3:30 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:43 pm.
  • 414-005 3:43 PM · 36 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 3:43 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 414-006 3:43 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 414-007 3:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 865-026 4:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 865-028 4:25 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Roy L. Ash, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:25 pm to 5:46 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 865-027, February 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/865-027 (accessed October 1, 2026).