Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 879 › Conversation 879-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Informal conversation

Wednesday, March 14, 1973 · 11:01 AM–11:02 AM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation879-002 on Tape 879StartWednesday, March 14, 1973 at 11:01 AMEndWednesday, March 14, 1973 at 11:02 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 879-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, informal exchange with a White House operator. The conversation focused on social pleasantries and the operator's well-being. No substantive policy decisions or administrative actions were recorded during this interaction.

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I'm sure you've heard the odds of y'all getting better.

NARA Description

On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:02 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 879-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 879-2

Date: March 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:01 am and 11:02 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 37-100]

Also recorded on March 14, 1973

  • 419-020 9:50 AM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, John W. Dean, III, Richard A. Moore, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:50 am.
  • 879-001 10:54 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Vernon D. Acree, Albert Seeley, Paul Boulad, Robert Nunnery, Richard Hopkins, and Gustave Fassler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:54 am and 11:01 am.
  • 037-100 11:01 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:02 am.
  • 037-101 11:02 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John A. Scali talked on the telephone from 11:02 am to 11:03 am.
  • 879-004 11:03 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:10 am.
  • 879-005 11:10 AM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:10 am to 12:25 pm.
  • 037-102 12:25 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm.
  • 419-021 12:25 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 879-002, March 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/879-002 (accessed October 5, 2026).