Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 872 › Conversation 872-022

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Thursday, March 8, 1973 · 4:34 PM–4:36 PM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation872-022 on Tape 872StartThursday, March 8, 1973 at 4:34 PMEndThursday, March 8, 1973 at 4:36 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 872-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office for a conversation accompanied by refreshments. The limited recording captures only a preliminary request from the visitor to speak with the President again. No substantive policy discussions or significant executive decisions are documented during this brief encounter.

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I'd like to talk to you again, please, sir.

NARA Description

On March 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 872-22

Date: March 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:34 pm and 4:36 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                          Conversation No. 872-23 (cont’d)

       Refreshment
            -Tea

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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:36 pm.

Also recorded on March 8, 1973

  • 037-062 3:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:25 pm.
  • 037-063 3:26 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:26 pm to 3:27 pm.
  • 872-020 3:34 PM · 2 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lelsie T. ("Bob") Hope, John D. Ehrlichman, and Newbold ("Newby") Noyes, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:34 pm.
  • 872-021 4:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:36 pm.
  • 872-023 4:34 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 873-001 5:01 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald A. Sarasin, Edward R. Madigan, John B. Conlan, Marjorie S. Holt, George M. O'Brien, Clair W. Burgener, L. A. ("Skip") Bafalis, Samuel H. Young, William M. Ketchum, Steven D. Symms, James P. ("Jim") Johnson, William H. Hudnut, III, Robert J. Huber, Paul W. Cronin, Benjamin A. Gilman, Tennyson Guyer, John A. Proven, Robin L. Beard, James G. Martin, Matthew J. Rinaldo, James Abdnor, Edward Young, Stanford E. Parris, David Towell, William F. Walsh, Robert W. Daniel, Jr., Angelo D. Roncallo, E. G. ("Bud") Shuster, Harold V. Froehlich, William E. Timmons, M. Caldwell Butler, Ralph S. Regula, Donald J. Mitchell, and Trent Lott met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:52 pm.
  • 873-002 5:52 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:52 pm and 5:55 pm.
  • 873-003 5:55 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:22 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 872-022, 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/872-022 (accessed October 6, 2026).