Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 421 › Conversation 421-012

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House…

Wednesday, March 21, 1973 · 3:49 PM–4:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation421-012 onTape 421StartWednesday, March 21, 1973 at 3:49 PMEndWednesday, March 21, 1973 at 4:23 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 421-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon spoke briefly with a White House operator to place an outgoing call. The interaction served as a functional administrative step to facilitate presidential communication. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On March 21, 1973, 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 3:49 pm and 4:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 421-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 421-12

Date: March 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:49 pm and 4:23 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 37-189]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                       (rev. Mar.-09)

Also recorded on March 21, 1973

037-187 3:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:48 pm.
421-009 3:45 PM · 9 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 3:45 pm and 3:48 pm.
037-188 3:48 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft talked on the telephone from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm.
421-010 3:48 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm.
037-189 3:49 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:23 pm.
421-011 3:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:23 pm.
037-190 4:23 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:23 pm to 4:39 pm.
421-013 4:23 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:23 pm to 4:39 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 421-012, 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/421-012 (accessed September 18, 2026).