Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 920 › Conversation 920-012
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Wednesday, May 16, 1973 · 8:40 PM–8:45 PM ET · Oval Office · 16 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, undocumented meeting or telephone call with an unidentified individual late in the evening. Given the lack of surviving transcript content and the extremely short duration of the recording, the specific subject matter remains unknown. No policy decisions, actionable items, or substantive developments can be verified from this interaction.
- Presidential communication
- Oval Office
- Unidentified participants
- Historical ambiguity
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NARA Description
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 8:40 pm and 8:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 920-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 920-12
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 920-13 (cont’d)
Date: May 16, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:40 pm and 8:45 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with an unknown person.
Instruction [?]
-Telephone call [?]Also recorded on May 17, 1973
- 920-013 8:45 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:45 pm to 9:33 pm.
- 920-015 8:45 PM · 48 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 pm and 9:33 pm.
- 046-087 9:33 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 pm and 9:53 pm.
- 046-088 9:53 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 9:53 pm to 9:59 pm.
- 921-001 8:20 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:20 am to 8:40 am.
- 921-002 8:40 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 8:40 am and 8:44 am.
- 921-003 8:44 AM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:44 am to 9:36 am.
- 046-089 9:36 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:36 am and 9:59 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 920-012, May 17, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/920-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).