Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 420 › Conversation 420-007
Nixon & Bull on John D. Ehrlichman and Herman Kahn
Friday, March 16, 1973 · 2:48 PM–2:51 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed the President's upcoming daily schedule, focusing on coordination for meetings with John D. Ehrlichman and Herman Kahn. They discussed logistical arrangements for the President's return to the Oval Office and his planned speech regarding federal design, architecture, and the arts. The brief meeting concluded after addressing the administrative requirements for recording video and audio messages.
- Presidential schedule
- John D. Ehrlichman
- Herman Kahn
- Federal design
- Public communications
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NARA Description
On March 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:48 pm to 2:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 420-7
Date: March 16, 1973
Time: 2:48 pm - 2:51 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President's schedule
-Rose Mary Woods's request for a meeting
-Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman
-Meeting with Herman Kahn
-President's return to Oval Office
-Meeting with Kahn
-Speech on federal design
-Arts and design
-Federal artists [?]
-Building architecture
-Messages on film
-Audiotape
Bull left at 2:51 pm.Also recorded on March 16, 1973
- 037-127 1:38 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 420-001 1:38 PM · 11 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 1:38 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 037-128 2:45 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:45 pm to 2:48 pm.
- 420-006 2:45 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:45 pm to 2:48 pm.
- 420-008 2:51 PM · 16 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 2:51 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 420-009 2:51 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 420-010 2:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 420-011 3:00 PM · 1 hr 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 4:47 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 420-007, March 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/420-007 (accessed October 5, 2026).