Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 875 › Conversation 875-005
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Unknown Participants
Friday, March 9, 1973 · 3:10 PM–3:17 PM ET · Oval Office · 15 sec
AI Summary
Two unidentified individuals met briefly in the Oval Office for a conversation that lasted less than seven minutes. The recording consists entirely of undefined dialogue, providing no discernible context regarding the meeting's purpose or specific policy discussions. The participants concluded their interaction and departed shortly after 3:10 pm without any clear decisions or documented outcomes.
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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 875-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 875-5
Date: March 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:10 pm and 3:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
Two unknown men met.
Departure
Winner [?]
The two 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.
- 875-001 3:10 PM · 2 min — 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 875-005, 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/875-005 (accessed October 5, 2026).