Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 894 › Conversation 894-020
Nixon White House recording on Executive Office Building and Secret Service
Thursday, April 12, 1973 · 1:19 PM–4:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with unidentified individuals, likely United States Secret Service agents, to coordinate logistical arrangements for his upcoming activities. The discussion focused on operational details regarding the President's schedule and the utilization of his office in the Executive Office Building. The exchange served as a brief administrative briefing to ensure site security and transition preparations.
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NARA Description
On April 12, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 4:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 894-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 894-20
Date: April 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:19 pm and 4:00 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown persons [United States Secret Service (USSS) agents ?] entered at an unknown time
after 1:19 pm.
President’s schedule
-Executive Office Building [EOB] office
-25-
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Conversation No. 894-20 (cont’d)
The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm.Also recorded on April 12, 1973
- 044-152 1:19 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 1:20 pm.
- 428-001 1:19 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 1:20 pm.
- 894-021 1:19 PM · 10 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 4:00 pm.
- 044-153 1:20 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:21 pm.
- 428-002 1:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:20 pm.
- 428-003 1:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:20 pm.
- 428-004 1:20 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm.
- 044-154 1:21 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 2:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 894-020, April 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/894-020 (accessed October 5, 2026).