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Conversation 874-026

TapeTape 874StartFriday, March 9, 1973 at 2:03 PMEndFriday, March 9, 1973 at 2:10 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose Mary;  [Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceOval Office
AudioNARA Description

On March 9, 1973, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 874-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 874-26

Date: March 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:03 pm and 2:10 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods and an unknown man.

       The President's schedule
            -Executive Office Building [EOB]
            -Departure

The unknown man left at 2:03 pm.

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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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      Telegram to Donald E. Young
           -Alaska
                 -Congressional election victory
           -Previous attempts to contact
                 -Phone call
                       -Delay
                             -Young’s schedule
           -President’s congratulations
                 -Young’s arrival in Washington, DC

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      President's brief case

      State dinner for Guilio Andreotti
            -Attendees
                  -Mrs. Benjamin Freeman [?]
                  -Tony Rossi
                  -[First name unknown] Montelli [?]
            -Evening at the White House
            -Invitations

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      The President’s clothing
           -Orders for new clothes

      Weather

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      Radio speech
           -Arrangements
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                     (rev. June-2010)

       Andreotti state dinner
            -Italian entertainers
            -Tony Martin, Cyd Charisse
                   -Evening at White House
            -Jews
            -Italians
            -Other guests

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 2:03 pm.

       Copy of schedule

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.

       White House social affairs
            -Stag dinners
            -Woods’s report
            -Andreotti’s state dinner
            -Dinner for Leonid I. Brezhnev
            -State dinner for African nation
                  -Entertainment
                  -Ivory Coast
                        -Felix Houphouet-Boigny [?]
            -Stag dinners
                  -Lee Kuan Yew [?]
                  -Contributors
                        -“Hot shots”

Woods left at 2:10 pm.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Okay, I'll send it back.
Thank you very much.
I'm trying to picture them all the time, you know.
It's a matter of the heat now.
I just walked up there.
But do take care of that one.
I may think of others as I go along.
That can be great.
And you can't get them all.
No, no, no, no, no.
It looks too... Well, if the Jews are going to work on it, the Italians are going to work on it.
I think you can do quite a few, but not... You have to have other students, not some too... Yeah.
...staged.
Sure.
I mean, you're really taking care of people, Laura.
You bring me a copy of the schedule yesterday.
Rose, I was going to say, if you do it every day.
Yesterday, yesterday, I sent you a copy of it.
The new thing with the Spanish and everything.
What are you really going through this year?
Well, I'll have that till the report is ready for you, sir.
Whoa, a spade.
A spade.
Yeah.
We've gotten into really hot, hot, fast contributors.
There are a few more, but they'll all be taken care of now.
out of the way.
I'm trying to picture them all the time, you know.
It's about the heat now, I just walked up there.
But you'll take care of that one.
I may think of others as I go along.
Great.
And you can't get them all.
No, no, no, no.
It looks too... Well, the Jews will get to work, but the Italians can't.
You can do quite a few, but you have to have other students.
That's one, too.
Yeah.
Sure.
You're really taking care of people, Laura.
You bring me a copy of the schedule yesterday.
Rose, I was going to say, if you do it, I'll bring it.
Yesterday, yesterday, I sent you a copy of it.
The new thing with the spags and everything.
Boy, we are really going through this year.
Well, I'll have that till the report is ready for you, sir.
You're going to have the, uh, probably, uh, Kevin Hackerman over there.
Give him that, it's all right.
Give him, there you want to have really good entertainment.
It's beautiful.
You know, they don't want to see stuff.
Now, here he comes.
Whoa, the stag.
The stag.
We've gotten into really hot, hot, fast contributors.
I don't know.
But there are a few of them.
I mean, yeah, they'll all be taken care of now.
Good.
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