Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 887 › Conversation 887-023

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Telecommunications

Thursday, March 22, 1973 · 4:01 PM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation887-023 on Tape 887StartThursday, March 22, 1973 at 4:01 PMEndThursday, March 22, 1973 at 4:01 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 887-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served an administrative purpose, functioning as a routine request to connect the President with an external party. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions occurred during this brief communication exchange.

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NARA Description

On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 887-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 887-23

Date: March 22, 1973
Time: 4:01 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 44-16]

Also recorded on March 22, 1973

  • 887-020 3:43 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 3:48 pm.
  • 044-015 3:48 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Pierre E. Trudeau talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:01 pm.
  • 887-022 3:48 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Pierre E. Trudeau met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:01 pm.
  • 044-016 4:01 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:01 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 887-024 4:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:01 pm.
  • 044-017 4:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 887-025 4:02 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 887-026 4:05 PM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 5:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 887-023, March 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/887-023 (accessed October 2, 2026).