Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 912 › Conversation 912-006

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Tuesday, May 8, 1973 · 10:16 AM–10:40 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation912-006 on Tape 912StartTuesday, May 8, 1973 at 10:16 AMEndTuesday, May 8, 1973 at 10:40 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 912-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unknown individual and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler to coordinate office security and privacy measures. The President explicitly instructed Ziegler to hide as the unidentified visitor departed the Oval Office. This exchange highlights the administration's efforts to maintain secrecy and control access to the President during the height of the Watergate investigations.

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Mr. Ziegler, please hide.

NARA Description

On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 912-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 912-6

Date: May 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:16 am and 10:40 am
Location: Oval Office
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 912-6 (cont’d)

The President met with an unknown man.

     Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:40 am.

Also recorded on May 8, 1973

912-003 9:23 AM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:23 am and 10:16 am.
912-004 10:16 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:40 am.
912-005 10:16 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:40 am.
912-007 10:40 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:40 am to 10:46 am.
912-008 10:46 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 12:19 pm.
912-009 10:46 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 12:19 pm.
912-010 10:46 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 12:19 pm.
045-165 10:52 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 10:52 am on May 8, 1973 and 7:38 am on May 9, 1973.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 912-006, May 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/912-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).