Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 887 › Conversation 887-025

Nixon & Rogers on Pierre Trudeau and Canada-United States relations

Thursday, March 22, 1973 · 4:02 PM–4:05 PM ET · Oval Office · 36 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Rogers, William P.Conversation887-025 on Tape 887StartThursday, March 22, 1973 at 4:02 PMEndThursday, March 22, 1973 at 4:05 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 887-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon briefed Secretary of State William P. Rogers on the conclusion of a lengthy telephone conversation he had just held with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The exchange served primarily as a status update regarding the diplomatic communication, with no further substantive details recorded. The interaction concluded quickly after this brief notification.

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Bill, I just talked to Trudeau on the phone.
And it was a long conversation.
That's it.
Okay?
All right.
Bye.

NARA Description

On March 22, 1973, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 887-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 887-25

Date: March 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:02 pm and 4:05 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

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[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number
LPRN-T-MDR-2014-038. Segment declassified on 06/05/2019. Archivist: DR]
[National Security]
[887-025-w001]
[Duration: 2m 3s]

[See Conversation No. 044-017]

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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.
  • 887-023 4:01 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:01 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.
  • 887-026 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 887-025, 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/887-025 (accessed October 2, 2026).