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.
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 AidConversation 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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