Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 420 › Conversation 420-010
Nixon alone in his EOB office on White House administration
Friday, March 16, 1973 · 2:51 PM–3:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief meeting with H.R. Haldeman, Charles Colson, and potentially Jeb Stuart Magruder to discuss personnel matters and media relations, specifically involving the New York Post. During the session, the President dictated a memorandum for his files regarding these discussions. The conversation centered on administrative strategy and the appointment of John V. 'Jack' Brennan as a chief aide.
- White House administration
- Personnel appointments
- Media relations
- New York Post
- Internal memorandum
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NARA Description
On March 16, 1973, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 420-10
Date: March 16, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:51 pm and 3:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the file.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
March 14, 1973
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Unintelligible]
[Duration: 2m 16s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Watergate
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 420-10 (cont’d)
-President’s Meeting
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Charles W. Colson
Jeb Stuart Magruder [?]
John V. (“Jack”) Brennan
-Chief aide
New York Post
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
******************************************************************************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.
- 420-007 2:48 PM · 2 min — 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.
- 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.
- 420-011 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 420-010, 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/420-010 (accessed October 5, 2026).