President Nixon held a brief, private meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. Due to the lack of a transcript and the restriction of segments under a deed of gift, the specific purpose and content of the discussion remain undocumented. The interaction concluded without any publicly verifiable decisions or official action items.
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 6:22 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 873-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 873-5
Date: March 8, 1973
Time: Unknown after 6:22 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Request for someone [?]
-Item [?]
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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The unknown person left at an unknown time after 6:22 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.