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Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Speechwriting

Friday, March 9, 1973 · 1:40 PM–2:03 PM ET · Oval Office · 58 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation874-022 on Tape 874StartFriday, March 9, 1973 at 1:40 PMEndFriday, March 9, 1973 at 2:03 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 874-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unknown female staff member to review and edit drafts of an upcoming speech and press conference materials. The discussion focused on the administrative handling of these documents, including necessary revisions and their subsequent distribution. The conversation concluded with the President finalizing the logistics for the preparation of these official texts.

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Bring that back.
You've got that one big...
Well, yeah.

NARA Description

On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 874-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 874-22

Date: March 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown woman.

      Copies of a speech
           -Press conference
           -Typing
           -Drafts
                  -Editing
                  -Distribution

The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 2:03 pm.

Also recorded on March 9, 1973

  • 874-021 1:35 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:35 pm to 1:40 pm.
  • 874-023 1:40 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm.
  • 874-024 1:40 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm.
  • 874-025 1:40 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm.
  • 874-027 1:40 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm.
  • 874-026 2:03 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 874-029 2:10 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 037-068 2:12 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 874-022, March 9, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/874-022 (accessed October 5, 2026).