Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 875 › Conversation 875-001
Nixon White House recording on Schedule and Administration
Friday, March 9, 1973 · 3:10 PM–3:17 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
An unidentified group of individuals met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss scheduling arrangements. The brief interaction, lasting fewer than seven minutes, was limited to administrative logistics. No major policy developments or significant decisions were recorded during this session.
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NARA Description
On March 9, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 875-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 875-1
Date: March 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:10 pm and 3:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men met.
Schedule
-Arrangements
The unknown men left at an unknown time before 3:17 pm.Also recorded on March 9, 1973
- 037-070 2:35 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:46 pm.
- 037-071 2:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and William Downey talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:46 pm.
- 037-073 2:46 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:46 pm.
- 037-074 2:46 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 037-075 3:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas J. Meskill talked on the telephone from 3:00 pm to 3:02 pm.
- 418-006 3:05 PM · 22 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 3:05 pm on March 9, 1973 and 12:46 pm on March 12, 1973.
- 875-005 3:10 PM · 15 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:17 pm.
- 875-002 3:17 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Simon, John T. Dunlop, John D. Ehrlichman, Herbert Stein, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:17 pm to 3:53 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 875-001, 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/875-001 (accessed October 5, 2026).