Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 900 › Conversation 900-027
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Wednesday, April 18, 1973 · 3:23 PM–3:44 PM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. The participants engaged in a short, fragmented discussion regarding an unspecified request. No significant policy decisions or substantive developments were captured during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On April 18, 1973, unknown person(s) and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:23 pm to 3:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 900-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 900-27
Date: April 18, 1973
Time: 3:23 pm - 3:44 pm
Location: Oval Office
An unknown person talked with the President.
Request [?]Also recorded on April 18, 1973
- 038-101 2:50 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 2:50 pm to 2:56 pm.
- 038-102 2:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 2:57 pm.
- 900-024 2:56 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 2:58 pm.
- 038-103 2:57 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:57 pm to 2:58 pm.
- 900-025 2:58 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 2:58 pm and 3:05 pm.
- 900-026 3:05 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 3:23 pm.
- 900-028 3:23 PM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, Arthur F. Burns, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Roy L. Ash, and Herbert Stein met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 5:20 pm.
- 901-001 3:23 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Arthur F. Burns, John D. Ehrlichman, Roy L. Ash, Herbert Stein, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 5:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 900-027, April 18, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/900-027 (accessed October 5, 2026).