Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 322 › Conversation 322-049
Nixon alone in his EOB office on John D. Ehrlichman
Sunday, March 12, 1972 · 8:35 PM–9:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with John D. Ehrlichman in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss the President's schedule and dinner plans. This short interaction primarily served to coordinate logistics and personal matters rather than substantive policy development. No significant political or administrative decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On March 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-049 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 322-49
Date: March 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President continued a memorandum for the file.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/10/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[322-049-w001]
[Duration: 1m 45s]
The President’s schedule
-Dinner
John D. Ehrlichman [?]
-Conversation
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- 021-045 7:46 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:46 pm.
- 021-047 8:05 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:35 pm.
- 322-048 8:05 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:05 pm to 8:35 pm.
- 322-050 8:35 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm.
- 322-051 8:35 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm.
- 322-052 8:35 PM · 3 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 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm.
- 322-053 8:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm.
- 322-054 8:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 322-049, March 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-049 (accessed October 3, 2026).