President Nixon met with an unidentified male visitor in the Oval Office for a brief discussion. The available documentation provides no substantive details regarding the purpose or content of the meeting beyond a recorded reference to refreshments. Consequently, no specific policy decisions or action items can be verified from this segment.
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 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 919-035 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 919-35
Date: May 16, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
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Refreshment
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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:02 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.