Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 880 › Conversation 880-026
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Unknown participants
Thursday, March 15, 1973 · 6:24 PM–10:14 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
An unidentified group of individuals met in the Oval Office to discuss an unclear subject matter. The fragmented transcript captures minimal dialogue, leaving the primary purpose of the gathering and the identity of the participants indeterminate. No substantive decisions or policy developments are evidenced in this brief recording.
- Oval Office
- Unknown participants
- Transcript analysis
- Administrative record
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NARA Description
Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:24 pm on March 15, 1973 and 10:14 am on March 16, 1973. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 880-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 880-26
Date: March 15 or 16, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:24 pm, March 15 and 10:14 am, March 16
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
Category [?]
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Lack of knowledge of something
Unknown people left at an unknown time before 10:14 am, March 16.Also recorded on March 15, 1973
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- 410-038 6:24 PM · 9 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 6:24 pm and 6:28 pm.
- 410-039 6:24 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 6:28 pm.
- 410-040 6:24 PM · 8 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 6:24 pm and 6:28 pm.
- 410-041 6:28 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:28 pm to 6:29 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 880-026, March 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/880-026 (accessed October 24, 2026).