Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 420 › Conversation 420-023

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office

Monday, March 19, 1973 · 4:59 PM–5:03 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation420-023 on Tape 420StartMonday, March 19, 1973 at 4:59 PMEndMonday, March 19, 1973 at 5:03 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 420-023 ↗

A 16-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On March 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 420-23

Date: March 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 37-156]

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Also recorded on March 19, 1973

  • 037-155 4:59 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:59 pm.
  • 037-156 4:59 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 420-021 4:59 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:59 pm.
  • 420-022 4:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 420-024 5:03 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, Richard A. Moore, and John C. Stennis met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:03 pm and 5:41 pm.
  • 037-157 5:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John C. Stennis talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
  • 037-158 5:07 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:07 pm and 5:54 pm.
  • 037-159 5:54 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:54 pm to 5:55 pm.

All 32 conversations from March 19, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 420-023, March 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/420-023 (accessed November 5, 2026).