Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 899 › Conversation 899-003
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Tuesday, April 17, 1973 · 4:35 PM–4:41 PM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, six-minute meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. While no transcript exists to detail the specifics of their dialogue, the meeting notes indicate that the discussion centered on an inquiry and a subsequent agreement. The interaction concluded with the visitor departing the office shortly before 4:41 pm.
- Oval Office
- Presidential meetings
- Inquiry
- Agreement
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 899-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 899-3
Date: April 17, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
Inquiry
-Agreement
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:41 pm.Also recorded on April 17, 1973
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- 899-002 4:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm.
- 899-005 4:35 PM · 15 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm.
- 899-004 4:48 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:48 pm to 5:03 pm.
- 038-089 5:03 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:03 pm and 6:17 pm.
- 899-006 5:03 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:03 pm on April 17, 1973 and 7:58 am on April 18, 1973.
- 429-001 5:09 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and 5:15 pm.
- 429-002 5:15 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:16 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 899-003, April 17, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/899-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).