Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 949 › Conversation 949-021

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Thursday, July 12, 1973 · 4:22 PM–4:25 PM ET · Oval Office ·14 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation949-021 onTape 949StartThursday, July 12, 1973 at 4:22 PMEndThursday, July 12, 1973 at 4:25 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 949-021 ↗

AI Summary

This brief interaction features unknown participants discussing the timing of an outgoing telephone call to an unnamed individual. The participants inquire about the readiness of the recipient for the contact, though the conversation concludes without identifying the target or the purpose of the intended communication. No substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this three-minute exchange.

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Can you call him yet?

Can you call him?

NARA Description

On July 12, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 4:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 949-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 949-21

Date: July 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:22 pm and 4:25 pm
Location: Oval Office
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                    (rev. October-2012)

                                                           Conversation No. 949-21 (cont’d)

Unknown men met.

       Telephone call

The unknown men left at an unknown time before 4:25 pm.

Also recorded on July 12, 1973

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949-006 3:26 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:26 pm to 4:00 pm.
949-007 4:01 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:01 pm to 4:22 pm.
949-008 4:22 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 4:25 pm.
949-009 4:25 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard E. Bland, W. Howard McClennan, Howard D. Tipton, Dana G. Mead, Walter D. Scott, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:25 pm to 4:30 pm.
949-010 4:30 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:30 pm to 4:46 pm.
949-011 4:48 PM · 21 min — Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), President Richard M. Nixon, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:48 pm to 5:09 pm.
949-012 5:09 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, and Dr. Walter R. Tkach met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and 8:22 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 949-021, 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/949-021 (accessed September 18, 2026).