Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 878 › Conversation 878-016
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Administrative tasks
Tuesday, March 13, 1973 · 3:13 PM ET · Oval Office · 36 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to facilitate a brief administrative exchange or handover. The discussion appears limited to the successful transfer of specific materials or documents as the parties exited the Oval Office. No substantive policy matters or strategic decisions were captured during this short, procedural interaction.
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NARA Description
On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 878-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 878-16
Date: March 13, 1973
Time: 3:13 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
President's schedule [?]
Briefing
The President and the unknown person left at 3:13 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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- 878-015 3:01 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:01 pm to 3:12 pm.
- 119-001 3:13 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and selected Cabinet officers and Administration officials, including Earl L. Butz, J. Philip Campbell, Claude S. Brinegar, Henri F. Rush, Jr., William E. Simon, John T. Dunlop, James W. McLane, Herbert Stein, Marina von Neumann Whitman, John D. Ehrlichman, Roy L. Ash, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Frederic V. Malek, Kenneth W. Dam, Philip A. Odeen, Tod R. Hullin, Richard M. Fairbanks, III, William Morrill, and Gary L. Seevers, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 11:59 pm.
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- 410-012 4:00 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 410-013 4:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 878-016, March 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/878-016 (accessed October 5, 2026).