Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 895 › Conversation 895-026
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House logistics
Friday, April 13, 1973 · 1:29 PM–4:22 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
This recording captures fragmented, brief exchanges between unidentified individuals and potentially President Nixon within the Oval Office and the Executive Office Building. The dialogue consists of administrative-sounding logistical checks, including numerical references and confirmation of arrangements. Due to the lack of identifying information and the disjointed nature of the transcript, no substantive policy discussions or significant presidential decisions are discernable.
- White House logistics
- Administration
- Transcript fragments
- Security protocols
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NARA Description
On April 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 4:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 895-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 895-26
Date: April 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:29 pm and 4:22 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
Item [?]
The President left and an unknown person entered and talked with an unknown person at an
unknown time before 4:22 pm.
Oval Office
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:29 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 895-26 (cont’d)
Location at night [?]
An unknown person talked with an unknown person at an unknown time before 4:22 pm.
Executive Office Building [EOB]
[The recording was cut off at an unknown time before 4:22 pm]Also recorded on April 13, 1973
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- 895-025 12:59 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:59 pm.
- 038-002 1:28 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 2:46 pm.
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- 427-001 2:50 PM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 4:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 895-026, April 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/895-026 (accessed October 12, 2026).