Conversation 900-023

On April 18, 1973, unknown person(s) and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 2:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 900-023 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 900-23 (cont’d)

                                                                    Conversation No. 900-23

Date: April 18, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 2:56 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown persons entered.

     President’s location

     Noise lever

     Film crew arrival
           -President’s knowledge

     Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra [?]

     Technical arrangements
          -Wiring
          -Acoustics
          -Power sources
          -Lighting
                -Shadows
                -Back lighting
          -Testing

     Greetings

     Technical arrangements
          -Technique
          -Readiness

The President entered at 2:43 pm.

     George P. Shultz
          -Location
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        (rev. July-2012)

                                                               Conversation No. 900-23 (cont’d)

      Technical arrangements
           -Size of room
           -Seating
           -Boom microphone [?]
           -Focus of camera
           -Picture
           -Stand-by
           -Countdown
           -Focus
           -Talk with President

The President filmed a portion of his “Remarks on Transmitting a Special Message to the
Congress on Energy Policy” at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 2:45 pm.

[A transcript of the final broadcast of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents of
the United States: Richard Nixon, Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of
the President, 1973, pages 301-302.]

[Begin recorded remarks]

[End recorded remarks]

      Speech
           -Miscue
           -Technical problems
                -Audio
                -Sound test

The President re-filmed his “Remarks on Transmitting a Special Message to the Congress on
Energy Policy” in its entirety at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 2:45 pm.

[A transcript of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:
Richard Nixon, Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President,
1973, pages 301-302.]

[Begin recorded remarks]
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                       (rev. July-2012)

                                                              Conversation No. 900-23 (cont’d)

[End recorded remarks]

The President left at 2:45 pm.

      Speech
           -Filming
                 -Back-up feed
                 -Live feed
           -Approval
           -Rehearsal

      Filming equipment
           -Disassembly and removal

      Instruction [?]

The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 2:56 pm.