Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 949 › Conversation 949-020

Nixon White House recording on Scheduling proposal and Oval Office meetings

Thursday, July 12, 1973 · 2:53 PM–2:56 PM ET · Oval Office ·25 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation949-020 onTape 949StartThursday, July 12, 1973 at 2:53 PMEndThursday, July 12, 1973 at 2:56 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 949-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office to discuss adjustments to his official schedule. The dialogue centered on a proposal for an alternative meeting date and the strategic placement of a specific object within that timeframe. The brief encounter concluded with the guests departing shortly after the matter was introduced.

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NARA Description

On July 12, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 949-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 949-20

Date: July 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown persons met.

       President’s schedule
              -Proposal
              -Alternative date
              -Object [?]
                      -Placement

The unknown men left at an unknown time before 2:56 pm.
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                    (rev. October-2012)

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949-004 2:50 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Walter Scheel, Henry A. Kissinger, and Heinz Weiber met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:50 pm to 2:53 pm.
949-005 2:56 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Walter Scheel, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:56 pm to 3:25 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 949-020, July 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/949-020 (accessed September 18, 2026).