President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. The conversation consisted of routine pleasantries regarding the local weather and scheduling logistics for a press briefing involving Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 919-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 919-23
Date: May 16, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:49 am and 12:34 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule
-Press briefing
Weather
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:34 pm
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