Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 946 › Conversation 946-020
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Friday, June 22, 1973 · 3:48 PM–3:49 PM ET · Oval Office · 16 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual, during which J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. was also present. The conversation lasted less than one minute, precluding any substantive discussion or record of specific decisions. Due to the lack of available transcripts or descriptive logs, the precise purpose of this brief encounter remains officially undocumented.
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NARA Description
On June 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 3:49 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 946-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 946-20
Date: June 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:48 pm and 3:49 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 946-20 (cont’d)
President’s schedule
-Meeting with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:49 pm.Also recorded on June 22, 1973
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- 041-045 2:02 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:02 pm to 2:08 pm.
- 448-007 2:02 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:02 pm to 2:08 pm.
- 448-008 2:08 PM · 24 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 2:08 pm and 3:31 pm.
- 448-020 2:08 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:08 pm and 3:31 pm.
- 448-009 3:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Bruce A. Kehrli met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:31 pm to 3:33 pm.
- 946-021 3:52 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., unknown person(s), and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:52 pm to 4:04 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 946-020, June 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/946-020 (accessed October 10, 2026).