Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 878 › Conversation 878-020
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Tuesday, March 13, 1973 · 5:45 PM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Oval Office with one or more unidentified individuals. Due to the lack of available transcripts or descriptive metadata, the specific nature of the discussion remains undocumented and restricted. No substantive developments or policy decisions can be attributed to this encounter based on currently available records.
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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 5:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 878-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 878-20
Date: March 13, 1973
Time: 5:45 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with an unknown person.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 878-20 (cont’d)
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 878-020, 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/878-020 (accessed October 5, 2026).