Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 901 › Conversation 901-003
Nixon White House recording on Watergate scandal and Oval Office
Wednesday, April 18, 1973 · 5:33 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 35 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures an unidentified exchange taking place in the Oval Office during a period of intense scrutiny regarding the Watergate scandal. Despite the lack of transcript data, the presence of unidentified participants in the President's office during this timeframe suggests sensitive, unofficial deliberations. The brief audio fragments imply a formal or transactional nature to the meeting, though its specific purpose remains historically obscured.
- Watergate scandal
- Oval Office
- White House Tapes
- Presidential security
- Executive deliberations
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NARA Description
On April 18, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:33 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 901-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 901-3
Date: April 18, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:33 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown persons met.
President’s location [?]
Door [?]
-Lock [?]
The unknown persons left at an unknown time after 5:33 pm.Also recorded on April 18, 1973
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- 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.
- 900-027 3:23 PM · 12 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 038-104 4:06 PM · 26 sec — unknown person(s) and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:06 pm and 4:50 pm.
- 901-002 5:20 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 5:33 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 901-003, 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/901-003 (accessed October 5, 2026).