Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 934 › Conversation 934-008

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Council of the Americas

Thursday, June 7, 1973 · 11:25 AM–11:33 AM ET · Oval Office · 27 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation934-008 on Tape 934StartThursday, June 7, 1973 at 11:25 AMEndThursday, June 7, 1973 at 11:33 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 934-008 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to verify the readiness of the Oval Office for a scheduled Council of the Americas meeting. The discussion focused on logistical preparations, including the status of room seating and cleaning. The conversation concluded with the confirmation that the venue would be prepared within minutes for the upcoming event.

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Is it ready?
They're just seating right now.
They just brought it in.
It should be a couple of minutes.

On June 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 934-008 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 934-8

Date: June 7, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:25 am and 11:33 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

       President’s schedule
              -Council of Americas meeting
                      -Cleaning of meeting room
              -William P. Rogers

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:33 am.
  • 124-006 10:04 AM · 1 hr 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, William P. Clements, Jr., Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Floyd H. Hyde, John W. Barnum, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, Melvin R. Laird, Peter J. Brennan, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, George H. W. Bush, John B. Connally, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons, General Brent G. Scowcroft, Raymond K. Price, Jr., David R. Gergen, David N. Parker, Gerald L. Warren, Frederic V. Malek, Arthur J. Sohmer, Herbert Stein, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:04 am to 11:19 am.
  • 934-006 11:19 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:22 am.
  • 934-007 11:22 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clarence M. Kelley, and Elliot L. Richardson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:22 am to 11:25 am.
  • 124-007 11:33 AM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, and the Board of Trustees of the Council of the Americas, including Charles F. Barber, William E. Barlow, Jose Rafael Bejarano, Fletcher L. Byrom, John W. Clark, Donald M. Cox, Jose de Cubas, Alphonse DeRosso, John Diebold, John Duncan, Lewis W. Foy, John F. Gallagher, Gen. James M. Gavin, Henry R. Gyelin, Maurice F. Granville, A. S. Hart, William M. Hickey, Donald McI. Kendall, James R. Kennedy, Fritz G. Lindley, George J. Clark, Thomas D. Lumpkin, Augustine R. Marusi, Michael Miller, Frank R. Milliken, Michael W. Percopo, J. D. Ritchie, David Rockefeller, Rodman Rockefeller, J. Donald Rollins, Harvey L. Schwartz, Daniel Seymour, A. Thomas Taylor, Charles J. Zwick, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, William J. Jorden, the White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:33 am and 12:31 pm.
  • 934-009 11:33 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:33 am.
  • 125-001 12:31 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 934-010 12:33 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:33 pm and 1:26 pm.
  • 934-011 12:33 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:33 pm and 1:26 pm.

Conversation 934-008, June 7, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/934-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).