John D. Ehrlichman initiated a request via the White House operator to be connected to John W. Dean III. This interaction reflects the administrative efforts to establish communication between key presidential advisors during a period of escalating tensions. No substantive discussion of policy or strategy occurred, as the call served primarily as a logistical step for internal coordination.
On March 29, 1973, John D. Ehrlichman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-079 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 044-079
Date: March 29, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:35 pm and 6:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with John D. Ehrlichman.
[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 044-079, which has been merged with
conversation 044-078 and 044-080.]
John W. Dean, III's telephone lineNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.