Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 938 › Conversation 938-002
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office meetings
Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 3:00 PM–3:05 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics for a forthcoming meeting. The brief discussion primarily concerned the arrival of additional participants scheduled to join the session. The interaction served as a logistical transition to prepare for a larger gathering.
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NARA Description
On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 938-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 938-2
Date: June 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:00 pm and 3:05 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting
-Participant’s arrival
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:05 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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- 040-034 1:41 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:41 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 444-020 1:41 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:41 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 444-021 1:41 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:41 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 040-035 2:54 PM · 18 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 2:54 pm.
- 444-022 2:54 PM · 15 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:54 pm.
- 938-001 3:00 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:05 pm.
- 938-003 3:05 PM · 2 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., unknown person(s), George P. Shultz, Roy L. Ash, Herbert Stein, John B. Connally, and John T. Dunlop met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 4:49 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 938-002, June 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/938-002 (accessed October 9, 2026).