Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 903 › Conversation 903-018
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office meeting
Friday, April 20, 1973 · 12:07 PM–12:15 PM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, eight-minute meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. While no transcript exists to detail the specific content of their discussion, the encounter involved the exchange of physical items, specifically a briefcase and a book. No further administrative or political context regarding the nature of this interaction has been preserved.
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NARA Description
On April 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 903-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 903-18
Date: April 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:07 pm and 12:15 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with and unknown man.
Briefcase
-17-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 903-18
-Book
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:15 pm.Also recorded on April 20, 1973
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 903-018, April 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/903-018 (accessed October 5, 2026).