Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 866 › Conversation 866-001
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Thursday, March 1, 1973 · 8:42 AM–9:18 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. The purpose and specific topics of discussion are unknown due to the absence of a transcript and the presence of unknown participants. The meeting occurred during a period when the Oval Office taping system was active, but the clock malfunctioned, leaving the exact duration and content unrecorded.
- Oval Office
- President Nixon
- Unidentified participant
- Taping system malfunction
- Unknown topics
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
On March 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 9:18 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 866-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 866-1
Date: March 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:42 am and 9:18 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
Clock
-Malfunction
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:18 am.Also recorded on March 1, 1973
- 866-002 8:42 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 9:18 am.
- 866-020 8:42 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 9:18 am.
- 866-003 9:18 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:46 am.
- 866-004 9:47 AM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, Yitzhak Rabin, unknown person(s), and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:47 am and 10:44 am.
- 037-013 10:05 AM · 15 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:36 am.
- 037-014 10:05 AM · 1 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Yitzhak Rabin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:36 am.
- 866-005 10:44 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 10:57 am.
- 037-015 10:51 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:51 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 866-001, March 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/866-001 (accessed October 1, 2026).