Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 420 › Conversation 420-022
Nixon & Ehrlichman on Press relations and News summary
Monday, March 19, 1973 · 4:59 PM–5:03 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and John Ehrlichman met to review the daily news summary and discuss ongoing media relations. The conversation centered on the President's approval of specific editorials and the general tone of White House staff coverage in the press. Additionally, the participants touched upon the activities of Wilbur Mills and briefly reviewed the President’s upcoming schedule.
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NARA Description
On March 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 420-22
Date: March 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.
Press relations
-News summary
-President's congratulations for an editorial
-Attitude of White House staff
-William P. Rogers
-Front page coverage
Wilbur D. Mills
President’s Schedule
-Meeting with Ehrlichman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 420-22 (cont’d)Also recorded on March 19, 1973
- 037-155 4:59 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:59 pm.
- 037-156 4:59 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm.
- 420-021 4:59 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:59 pm.
- 420-023 4:59 PM · 16 sec — 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 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm.
- 420-024 5:03 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, Richard A. Moore, and John C. Stennis met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:03 pm and 5:41 pm.
- 037-157 5:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John C. Stennis talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
- 037-158 5:07 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:07 pm and 5:54 pm.
- 037-159 5:54 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:54 pm to 5:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 420-022, March 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/420-022 (accessed October 5, 2026).