Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 918 › Conversation 918-030

Nixon & Yates on Oval Office operations and Technical equipment

Tuesday, May 15, 1973 · 8:38 AM–8:42 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Yates, Nellie L.; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation918-030 on Tape 918StartTuesday, May 15, 1973 at 8:38 AMEndTuesday, May 15, 1973 at 8:42 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 918-030 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon, Nellie L. Yates, and several unknown individuals met briefly in the Oval Office to discuss technical equipment and its operation. The participants coordinated the timing and functionality of a device, specifically focusing on the necessity of an external switch. This discussion also touched upon administrative personnel and arrangements regarding escort duties.

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You gotta ask for it?

You know, it's 49.

Yeah.

It's going to take about 10 seconds to get one of the words to come up on the show.

Yes, it has to do with this.

I want it to have a switch on.

You're obviously going to be on it.

Okay.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 15, 1973, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 918-30

Date: May 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:38 am and 8:42 am
Location: Oval Office

Two unknown men met with Nellie L. Yates [?].

     Problem
           -Hearing [?]
                -Diagnosis
           -Lawrence M. Higby [?]

Yates left at an unknown time before 8:42 am.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                          Conversation No. 918-30 (cont’d)

     Escort duty [?]
          -Timing

     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?]

     Operation of device
          -Timing
          -Switching off

The unknown men left at an unknown time before 8:42 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 918-030, 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/918-030 (accessed October 1, 2026).