President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics regarding a potential meeting with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. The discussion focused primarily on determining Brandt's current location and scheduling details for a forthcoming encounter. No further administrative or policy decisions were documented during the brief interaction.
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 10:54 am and 11:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 909-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 909-24
Date: May 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:54 am and 11:04 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
Meeting with Willy Brandt
-Brandt’s location
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:04 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.