Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 909 › Conversation 909-001
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Wednesday, May 2, 1973 · 8:17 AM–8:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual, potentially Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. Due to the lack of an available transcript and the extremely short duration of the recording, the specific subject matter remains undocumented. No formal policy decisions or concrete action items were captured during this three-minute interval.
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NARA Description
On May 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:17 am and 8:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 909-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 909-1
Date: May 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:17 am and 8:20 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person. The recording began at an unknown time while the
conversation was in progress.
Ronald L. Ziegler [?]
-Location [?]
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:20 am.Also recorded on May 2, 1973
- 120-002 8:11 AM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop, I[lorwith] W. Abel, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, Pat Greathouse, Paul Hall, [Joseph] Lane Kirkland, Edward W. Carter, R. Heath Larry, Oscar A. Lundin, John F. O'Connell, and Walter B. Wriston met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:11 am and 9:10 pm.
- 909-002 8:20 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:20 am to 8:44 am.
- 909-003 8:44 AM · 1 hr 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Arthur F. Burns, Roy L. Ash, John T. Dunlop, and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:44 am to 9:25 am.
- 909-004 9:25 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 9:31 am.
- 909-005 9:25 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 9:31 am.
- 909-006 9:31 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:31 am to 9:50 am.
- 909-007 9:50 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:53 am.
- 045-131 9:53 AM · 57 sec — John B. Connally and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:53 am to 9:54 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 909-001, May 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/909-001 (accessed October 5, 2026).