Secret White House Tapes

900-023a

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900-023a
  • UNKNOWN
  • President Richard M. Nixon
April 18, 1973
Conversation No. 900-23

Date: April 18, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 2:56 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown persons entered.

President’s location

Noise lever

Film crew arrival

-President’s knowledge


Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra [?]

Technical arrangements

-Wiring

-Acoustics

-Power sources

-Lighting

-Shadows
-Back lighting
-Testing

Greetings

Technical arrangements

-Technique

-Readiness


The President entered at 2:43 pm.

George P. Shultz

-Location

-33-


NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM


Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)

Conversation No. 900-23 (cont’d)

Technical arrangements

-Size of room

-Seating

-Boom microphone [?]

-Focus of camera

-Picture

-Stand-by

-Countdown

-Focus

-Talk with President


The President filmed a portion of his “Remarks on Transmitting a Special Message to the
Congress on Energy Policy” at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 2:45 pm.

[A transcript of the final broadcast of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents of
the United States: Richard Nixon, Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of
the President, 1973, pages 301-302.]

[Begin recorded remarks]

[End recorded remarks]

Speech

-Miscue

-Technical problems

-Audio

-Sound test


The President re-filmed his “Remarks on Transmitting a Special Message to the Congress on
Energy Policy” in its entirety at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 2:45 pm.

[A transcript of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:
Richard Nixon, Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President,
1973, pages 301-302.]

[Begin recorded remarks]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM


Tape Subject Log

(rev. July-2012)

Conversation No. 900-23 (cont’d)

[End recorded remarks]

The President left at 2:45 pm.

Speech
-Filming

-Back-up feed

-Live feed

-Approval

-Rehearsal


Filming equipment

-Disassembly and removal


Instruction [?]

The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 2:56 pm.
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