Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 909 › Conversation 909-033
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Presidential staff
Wednesday, May 2, 1973 · 3:21 PM–4:13 PM ET · Oval Office · 22 sec
AI Summary
Two unidentified individuals met in the Oval Office to confer while President Nixon was located in the Cabinet Room. The nature of their discussion remains obscure due to the lack of an available transcript and the absence of identified participants. Consequently, no specific policy decisions, tactical developments, or actionable outcomes can be verified from this recorded interaction.
- Oval Office
- Presidential staff
- White House operations
- Unidentified meeting
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
On May 2, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:21 pm and 4:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 909-033 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 909-33
Date: May 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:21 pm and 4:13 pm
Location: Oval Office
Two unknown men met.
President’s location
-Cabinet Room
The recording cut off at an unknown time before 4:13 pm.Also recorded on May 2, 1973
- 045-148 2:28 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:28 pm to 2:29 pm.
- 432-021 2:28 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:29 pm.
- 432-022 2:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 2:41 pm.
- 909-027 2:46 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 3:21 pm.
- 909-031 2:46 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 3:21 pm.
- 909-032 3:21 PM · 16 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:21 pm and 4:13 pm.
- 909-028 4:13 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:56 pm.
- 909-029 4:13 PM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 909-033, 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/909-033 (accessed October 5, 2026).