Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 918 › Conversation 918-011
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Presidential gifts
Tuesday, May 15, 1973 · 9:38 AM–9:59 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to discuss the procurement and logistics of presidential gifts. The conversation focused specifically on the selection of cuff links intended for Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. No other major policy developments or personnel issues were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
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NARA Description
On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:38 am and 9:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 918-11
Date: May 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:38 am and 9:59 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
Presidential gifts
-Cuff links for Haile Selassie
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:59 am.Also recorded on May 15, 1973
- 918-008 8:38 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 8:42 am.
- 918-009 8:38 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 8:42 am.
- 918-030 8:38 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Nellie L. Yates, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 8:42 am.
- 121-001 8:42 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional leaders, including Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, John G. Tower, Norris Cotton, Wallace F. Bennett, William E. Brock, III, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, William J. ("Jack") Edwards, John J. Rhodes, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, David T. Martin, Samuel L. Devine, George H. W. Bush, Roy L. Ash, John D. Ehrlichman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Ronald L. Ziegler, Clifford P. Hansen, Henry L Bellmon, Marlow W. Cook, Dewey F. Bartlett, Delwin M. Clawson, Burt L. Talcott, Harold R. Collier, and Albert W. Johnson, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:42 am to 9:38 am.
- 918-010 9:38 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 9:38 am and 9:59 am.
- 918-012 9:38 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:38 am and 9:59 am.
- 918-013 9:38 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:38 am and 9:59 am.
- 918-014 9:59 AM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry E. Petersen, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:59 am to 10:45 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 918-011, May 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-011 (accessed October 1, 2026).