Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 410 › Conversation 410-013
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Foreign Policy and International Trade
Tuesday, March 13, 1973 · 4:00 PM–4:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized this session to dictate notes regarding various administrative and foreign policy matters. The recording covers diverse subjects including trade relations with Canada involving Peter M. Flanigan, U.S. diplomatic positions on India and Pakistan, and preparations for a meeting with Senator Russell B. Long. Additionally, Nixon addressed housekeeping items such as his upcoming vacation schedule and pending congressional legislation concerning veterans.
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NARA Description
On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 410-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 410-13
Date: March 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President played a dictabelt of dictation.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
(rev. Sept.10)
Trade
-Canada
-Peter M. Flanigan
India
-William P. Rogers
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Pakistan
-US position
President’s meeting with Russell B. Long
-Politics
-Vietnam settlement [?]
President’s schedule
-Vacations
Congressional relations
-Veterans bill [?]
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
**********************************************************************Also recorded on March 13, 1973
- 878-015 3:01 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:01 pm to 3:12 pm.
- 119-001 3:13 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and selected Cabinet officers and Administration officials, including Earl L. Butz, J. Philip Campbell, Claude S. Brinegar, Henri F. Rush, Jr., William E. Simon, John T. Dunlop, James W. McLane, Herbert Stein, Marina von Neumann Whitman, John D. Ehrlichman, Roy L. Ash, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Frederic V. Malek, Kenneth W. Dam, Philip A. Odeen, Tod R. Hullin, Richard M. Fairbanks, III, William Morrill, and Gary L. Seevers, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 878-016 3:13 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:13 pm.
- 410-011 4:00 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 410-012 4:00 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 878-017 4:14 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:14 pm to 4:18 pm.
- 410-014 4:16 PM · 1 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, John Ford, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:16 pm to 5:46 pm.
- 878-018 4:42 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), John J. McCloy, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:42 pm to 5:19 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 410-013, March 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/410-013 (accessed October 1, 2026).