Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 884 › Conversation 884-025

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office meetings

Tuesday, March 20, 1973 · 2:31 PM–3:11 PM ET · Oval Office · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation884-025 on Tape 884StartTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 2:31 PMEndTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 3:11 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 884-025 ↗

President Nixon held a meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual to discuss matters that remain obscured by the lack of a surviving transcript. Although the specific agenda is unknown, the presence of the President and an outside participant during this period of the administration suggests a discussion regarding confidential government or political affairs. No definitive outcomes or action items can be verified due to the absence of recorded dialogue.

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On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 3:11 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 884-025 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 884-25

Date: March 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:31 pm and 3:11 pm
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

       Telephone line [?]

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:11 pm.
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Conversation 884-025, March 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/884-025 (accessed October 2, 2026).