Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 894 › Conversation 894-022
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office operations
Thursday, April 12, 1973 · 5:27 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held an brief, unrecorded meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. The transcript provides no substantive content beyond a recorded notification of the meeting's commencement. Consequently, no specific policy decisions or action items were documented during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On April 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:27 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 894-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 894-22
Date: April 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:27 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown person entered.
Inquiry
Unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.Also recorded on April 12, 1973
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- 428-012 2:30 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm.
- 428-013 3:45 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 3:45 pm and 3:57 pm.
- 428-014 3:45 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:57 pm.
- 894-016 4:00 PM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:00 pm to 5:27 pm.
- 894-017 5:21 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:27 pm.
- 894-018 5:21 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:27 pm.
- 044-157 6:55 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 7:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 894-022, 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/894-022 (accessed October 5, 2026).