President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to specifically address the schedule of White House Counsel John W. Dean, III. The brief encounter focused on coordinating or reviewing Dean's itinerary amidst the growing tensions surrounding the Watergate investigation. No further details are available regarding specific directives, though the focus on Dean's movements underscores the administration's heightened scrutiny of its legal staff during this period.
On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 882-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 882-11
Date: March 17, 1973
Time: 12:47 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
John W. Dean, III’s schedule
The unknown man left at 12:47 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.