Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 420 › Conversation 420-021

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Administrative logistics

Monday, March 19, 1973 · 4:59 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation420-021 onTape 420StartMonday, March 19, 1973 at 4:59 PMEndMonday, March 19, 1973 at 4:59 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 420-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to request a connection to an individual named John. The exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate an upcoming private communication between the President and the specified party. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short administrative request.

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Operator, would you see if Mr. John

NARA Description

On March 19, 1973, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 420-21

Date: March 19, 1973
Time: 4:59 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 37-155]

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.
  • 420-022 4:59 PM · 2 min — 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.
  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 420-021, 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/420-021 (accessed September 18, 2026).