{"conversationCode":"420-010","tapeNumber":420,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-420-010","startDateTime":"1973-03-16T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-16T20:00:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:51 PM","endDate":"16-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","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.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 420-10\n\nDate: March 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:51 pm and 3:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for the file.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n        March 14, 1973\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n--\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Unintelligible]\n[Duration: 2m 16s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n--\n\n        Watergate\n\f                                             -6-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 420-10 (cont’d)\n\n            -President’s Meeting\n            H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n            Charles W. Colson\n            Jeb Stuart Magruder [?]\n\n       John V. (“Jack”) Brennan\n            -Chief aide\n\n       New York Post\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["420-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"420-009","nextCode":"420-011","transcript":[{"start":146.89,"end":149.07,"text":"I decided to go for Jack Branson."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["White House administration","Personnel appointments","Media relations","New York Post","Internal memorandum"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:07:14.619Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","personnel-appointments","media-relations","new-york-post","internal-memorandum"],"audioDurationSec":247,"audioFiles":[{"file":"420-010.mp3","bytes":1523712,"durationSec":247.41,"bitrate":49268,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:37.285Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/420-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/420-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/420/conversation-420-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}