Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 869 › Conversation 869-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on John W. Dean III

Tuesday, March 6, 1973 · 8:06 AM–8:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation869-002 on Tape 869StartTuesday, March 6, 1973 at 8:06 AMEndTuesday, March 6, 1973 at 8:20 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 869-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual, potentially identified as John W. Dean, III. Given the timing and participants, the discussion likely concerned internal administrative matters or updates regarding ongoing legal and political controversies. Due to the lack of a transcript or detailed log, the specific substance of the exchange remains unverified.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.1 MB

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 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:06 am and 8:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 869-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 869-2

Date: March 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:06 am and 8:20 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

       Schedule
            -John W. Dean, III [?]

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:20 am.
                                               -2-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. May-2010)

Also recorded on March 6, 1973

  • 869-001 8:06 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:06 am and 8:20 am.
  • 869-003 8:06 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:06 am and 8:20 am.
  • 869-004 8:20 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 8:24 am.
  • 869-005 8:25 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Timmons, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:25 am to 8:30 am.
  • 869-006 8:30 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:35 am.
  • 116-003 8:35 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 10:00 am.
  • 116-010 8:35 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 10:00 am.
  • 869-007 8:35 AM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Roy L. Ash, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Thomas C. Korologos, Richard K. Cook, William E. Timmons, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:35 am to 9:57 am.

All 45 conversations from March 6, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 869-002, March 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/869-002 (accessed October 1, 2026).