Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 890 › Conversation 890-036
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Classified records
Friday, March 30, 1973 · 8:50 AM–9:07 AM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, private meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual to receive a specific message. Due to the redacted nature of the recording under the deed of gift, the substantive content of the communication remains classified or withheld from public record. The encounter concluded shortly after the delivery of the message, with no further details provided regarding its nature or subsequent action items.
- Presidential communications
- White House operations
- Classified records
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NARA Description
On March 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 9:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 890-036 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 890-36
Date: March 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:50 am and 9:07 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Message for President
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:07 am.Also recorded on March 30, 1973
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- 044-097 8:42 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 8:50 am.
- 890-003 8:42 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:42 am to 8:50 am.
- 890-004 8:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 9:07 am.
- 890-005 8:50 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 9:07 am.
- 890-006 8:50 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 9:07 am.
- 890-007 8:50 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 9:07 am.
- 890-008 8:50 AM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, John D. Ehrlichman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 11:18 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 890-036, March 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/890-036 (accessed October 5, 2026).