Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 419 › Conversation 419-021

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Wednesday, March 14, 1973 · 12:25 PM–12:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation419-021 on Tape 419StartWednesday, March 14, 1973 at 12:25 PMEndWednesday, March 14, 1973 at 12:27 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 419-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing connection to an unspecified party. The brief interaction served as a technical coordination step to initiate a telephone call. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On March 14, 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 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 419-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 419-21
Date: March 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 37-102]
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Also recorded on March 14, 1973

  • 037-102 12:25 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm.
  • 419-036 12:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm.
  • 879-006 12:25 PM · 26 sec — Unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:25 pm on March 14, 1973 and 11:16 am on March 15, 1973.
  • 037-103 12:27 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone from 12:27 pm to 12:28 pm.
  • 419-022 12:27 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:27 pm to 12:28 pm.
  • 419-023 12:47 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:47 pm to 1:30 pm.
  • 037-104 1:30 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 4:09 pm.
  • 419-024 1:30 PM · 32 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 1:30 pm and 4:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 419-021, March 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/419-021 (accessed October 5, 2026).