Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 908 › Conversation 908-009
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Willy Brandt
Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 10:26 AM–10:27 AM ET · Oval Office · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual to coordinate minor scheduling adjustments. The discussion centered on managing the President's upcoming agenda, specifically regarding the arrival of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and a meeting with personal secretary Rose Mary Woods. The brief exchange resulted in the implementation of a short delay to accommodate these priority appointments.
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NARA Description
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:27 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 908-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 908-009
Date: May 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:26 am and 10:27 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
President’s schedule
-Willy Brandt
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Rose Mary Woods
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:27 am.Also recorded on May 1, 1973
- 908-006 8:30 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:33 am.
- 123-003 8:33 AM · 1 hr 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Spiro Agnew, William P. Rogers, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Dr. John A. Hannah, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Hugh Scott, J. William Fulbright, George D. Aiken, John L. McClellan, Daniel K. Inouye, Edward W. Brooke, Sam Nunn, Jesse A. Helms, Carl B. Albert, Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr., Gerald R. Ford, John J. McFall, Leslie C. Arends, Dr. Thomas E. ("Doc") Morgan, William S. Mailliard, George H. Mahon, Richard W. Bolling, William L. Dickinson, Roy L. Ash, William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos, Max L. Friedersdorf, Gerald L. Warren, and John F. Lehman, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:33 am to 10:05 am.
- 908-008 10:14 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:26 am.
- 908-010 10:26 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:27 am.
- 908-011 10:27 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:27 am and 10:34 am.
- 908-012 10:34 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:34 am to 10:36 am.
- 908-025 10:36 AM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 10:44 am.
- 908-013 10:44 AM · 1 hr 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Willy Brandt, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, Egon Bahr, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:44 am to 12:24 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 908-009, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/908-009 (accessed October 12, 2026).