Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 872 › Conversation 872-017
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Personnel management
Thursday, March 8, 1973 · 2:20 PM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual, addressed as Monty, to discuss the utilization of an unnamed female associate. The brief interaction serves as a directive regarding personnel or resource management. No further substantive details regarding the context of this assignment were recorded.
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NARA Description
On March 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 872-17
Date: March 8, 1973
Time: 2:20 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
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The unknown man left at 2:20 pm.Also recorded on March 8, 1973
- 872-012 1:16 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, Robert V. Davison, Mrs. Robert V. Davison, Allen G. Kaupinen, Mrs. Allen G. Kaupinen, Robert A. F. Reisner, Mrs. Robert A. F. Reisner, Jane S. Eberle, Carolyn K. Muse, and Gary Axelson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:21 pm.
- 872-013 1:22 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tony Martin, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 1:33 pm.
- 872-014 1:33 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 872-015 1:33 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 872-016 1:33 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 872-024 1:33 PM · 11 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 872-018 2:20 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 872-019 2:50 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lelsie T. ("Bob") Hope, unknown person(s), H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 3:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 872-017, March 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/872-017 (accessed October 6, 2026).