President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified visitor in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics regarding his upcoming meeting with Dr. Rainer Barzel. The discussion focused specifically on the scheduling and timing of the appointment with the West German political leader. No further substantive matters were recorded during this one-minute encounter.
On April 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:11 pm to 12:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 900-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 900-29
Date: April 18, 1973
Time: 12:11 pm - 12:12 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
President’s schedule
-Dr. Rainer Barzel
-Timing
The unknown man left at 12:12 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.