Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 869 › Conversation 869-015

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Tuesday, March 6, 1973 · 12:00 PM–12:19 PM ET · Oval Office · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation869-015 on Tape 869StartTuesday, March 6, 1973 at 12:00 PMEndTuesday, March 6, 1973 at 12:19 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 869-015 ↗

President Nixon held an Oval Office meeting with an unidentified individual, the nature and specific substance of which remain undocumented due to the absence of a transcript or log entry. The interaction occurred within a brief nineteen-minute window, leaving the participants' identities and the topics discussed unknown to researchers. Consequently, no specific policy decisions or administrative actions can be attributed to this particular recording.

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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 12:00 pm and 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 869-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 869-15

Date: March 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:00 pm and 12:19 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. May-2010)
                                                              Conversation No. 869-15 (cont’d)




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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:19 pm.
  • 869-011 11:20 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:49 am.
  • 869-012 11:20 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:49 am.
  • 869-013 11:49 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:49 am to 12:00 pm.
  • 869-014 12:00 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:19 pm.
  • 869-016 12:00 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:19 pm.
  • 869-017 12:19 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, John D. Ehrlichman, Jerry V. Wilson, Geoffrey C. Shepard, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 12:46 pm.
  • 869-024 12:40 PM · 54 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:40 pm.
  • 869-018 12:46 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:48 pm.

Conversation 869-015, 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/869-015 (accessed October 12, 2026).