Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 421 › Conversation 421-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Watergate

Wednesday, March 21, 1973 · 1:21 PM–2:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation421-002 on Tape 421StartWednesday, March 21, 1973 at 1:21 PMEndWednesday, March 21, 1973 at 2:23 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 421-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a meeting with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building suite. The session occurred during a period of intense scrutiny regarding the Watergate scandal, though specific details of the discussion remain unavailable due to the lack of an extant transcript or internal documentation. Consequently, no definitive policy decisions or developments can be attributed to this particular exchange.

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NARA Description

On March 21, 1973, 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 1:21 pm and 2:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 421-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 421-2

Date: March 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:21 pm and 2:23 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

       Refreshment [?]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 421-2 (cont’d)

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:23 pm.

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886-017 1:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:06 pm.
886-018 1:06 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:06 pm to 1:20 pm.
037-183 1:21 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 2:23 pm.
421-001 1:21 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 2:23 pm.
886-019 1:21 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 11:59 pm.
886-020 1:21 PM · 13 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 421-002, March 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/421-002 (accessed October 5, 2026).