Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 946 › Conversation 946-023

Yates on Personnel and Work Ethics

Friday, June 22, 1973 · 12:51 PM–3:48 PM ET · Oval Office · 6 min

ParticipantsYates, Nellie L.; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation946-023 on Tape 946StartFriday, June 22, 1973 at 12:51 PMEndFriday, June 22, 1973 at 3:48 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 946-023 ↗

AI Summary

Nellie L. Yates met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office to engage in an informal, disjointed conversation involving vague references to someone's volatile mental state and aggressive intent. The participants discussed work ethics and the status of an individual named Bard while coordinating the retrieval of materials from a lower level of the White House. The interaction remained largely cryptic, focused more on personal observations than formal administrative or policy matters.

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He's still there.

You know, he wants to get killed.

You know, he wants to kill.

He wants to kill.

Thank you.

That's what he is now.

Thank you.

That's all right.

It's fine for you.

Just hang in there.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 22, 1973, Nellie L. Yates and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 3:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 946-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 946-23

Date: June 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:51 pm and 3:48 pm
Location: Oval Office

Nellie L. Yates met with unknown persons.

       Greeting

       Number
            -Receiver [?]
            -Direction

       [Pause]

       Unknown man’s location

       Work ethic

       President [?]
              -Location

       Unknown man’s conversation
            -Need

       [First name unknown] Bard
               -Unknown man’s status

       Unknown person’s location
            -Downstairs
                   -Retrieval

The tape recording cut off at an unknown time before 3:43 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 946-023, 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/946-023 (accessed October 10, 2026).