Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 917 › Conversation 917-026

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on anecdotal storytelling

Monday, May 14, 1973 · 12:19 PM–12:24 PM ET · Oval Office · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation917-026 on Tape 917StartMonday, May 14, 1973 at 12:19 PMEndMonday, May 14, 1973 at 12:24 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 917-026 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to discuss a specific, crudely described anecdote or story. The conversation briefly addressed this narrative before the visitor departed. No policy decisions or substantive administrative actions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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They couldn't have another egg coming out of the pussy.
That was my story.

NARA Description

On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 917-026

Date: May 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:19 pm and 12:24 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

       Request for meeting with Lawrence M. Higby

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:24 pm.

Also recorded on May 14, 1973

  • 046-026 11:59 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:03 pm.
  • 917-021 11:59 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:59 am.
  • 046-027 12:03 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone from 12:03 pm to 12:04 pm.
  • 917-024 12:03 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:03 pm to 12:04 pm.
  • 917-025 12:04 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Vera Clemente, William S. Moorhead, Hugh Scott, Richard S. Schweiker, Jaime Benitez, Willie Stargell, Manny Sanguillen, Orlando Zabala, Kenneth Davis, Paul Nieves, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:04 pm to 12:19 pm.
  • 917-027 12:19 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:24 pm.
  • 917-028 12:25 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lawrence M. Higby, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:35 pm.
  • 917-029 12:35 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 917-026, May 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/917-026 (accessed October 1, 2026).