Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 922 › Conversation 922-015
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Presidential logistics
Friday, May 18, 1973 · 8:18 AM–8:38 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, undocumented meeting in the Oval Office with unidentified individuals. The discussion likely involved logistical arrangements, as the logs note references to the Cabinet Room and the Sergeant at Arms. The meeting concluded quickly, leaving no record of substantive policy decisions or specific dialogue.
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NARA Description
On May 18, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:18 am and 8:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 922-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 922-15
Date: May 18, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:18 am and 8:38 am
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 922-15 (cont’d)
Departure
-Evening
President’s location
-Cabinet Room
-Sergeant at Arms
Meeting
The unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:38 am.Also recorded on May 18, 1973
- 922-001 8:18 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:18 am and 8:38 am.
- 922-002 8:18 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 8:18 am and 8:38 am.
- 121-002 8:38 AM · 1 hr 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, William E. Simon, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Richard F. Schubert, Frank C. Carlucci, James T. Lynn, John W. Barnum, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, Anne L. Armstrong, George H. W. Bush, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Arthur J. Sohmer, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Leonard Garment, Raymond K. Price, Jr., General Brent G. Scowcroft, Frederic V. Malek, David N. Parker, Herbert G. Klein, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 11:59 pm.
- 922-003 10:11 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:15 am.
- 922-004 10:11 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:15 am.
- 922-005 10:11 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:15 am.
- 922-006 10:15 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:15 am to 10:40 am.
- 922-007 10:45 AM · 1 hr 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:45 am to 11:46 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 922-015, May 18, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/922-015 (accessed October 12, 2026).