Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 422 › Conversation 422-014

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Watergate scandal and Money laundering

Tuesday, March 20, 1973 · 8:08 PM–9:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 24 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation422-014 on Tape 422StartTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 8:08 PMEndTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 9:27 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 422-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon utilized this session to dictate a memorandum for his personal file, touching upon a wide range of administrative, political, and personal matters. The discussion covered the ongoing Watergate investigation—specifically concerns regarding money laundering and the involvement of senior staff—alongside legislative priorities like vocational rehabilitation and economic policy transitions. Additionally, the President reviewed his schedule, including planned discussions with family members and staff regarding domestic policy and upcoming public appearances.

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This is my brand new file.

This is it.

It will be in the next session.

That might be on the 5th of March.

Thank you.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

I also told her, after consideration, I said, you should not block me.

I said, no.

Thank you.

... ... ... ... ... ...

I grew up in the United States.

Thank you.

or the institution of phase two, or three, or whatever you want to call it, whatever you want to call it.

But overall, we haven't fixed my day.

I'm just going to call her that character.

Thank you.

I'm glad to be able to work it out.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Good night.

NARA Description

On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:08 pm and 9:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 422-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 422-014

Date: March 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:08 pm and 9:27 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       Inaugurations
            -Previous March inaugurations
                   -Comparison with January date
                   -Weather as factor

       Watergate
            -President’s telephone conversation with John W. Dean, III [?]                     -Dead end
            -Peter O’Donnell [?]
            -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                  -Money laundering
                  -Concern
                  -Charles W. Colson [?]
            -Dwight L. Chapin

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

             -Consultation
             -Haldeman, Ehrlichman
             -Situation
                    -Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Colson
             -White House staff

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/25/2019.
Segment will remain closed.]
[Personal Returnable]
[422-014-w001]
[Duration: 2m 15s]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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       President’s conversation with Ehrlichman
             -Congressional relations

       Congressional relations
            -Vocational rehabilitation bill
            -House of Representatives
            -Senate
            -Civil rights situation [?]
            -Moratorium

       Economic and domestic policies
            -Herbert Stein [?]
            -George P. Shultz [?]
            -Businessmen
                  -Responsibility
            -Phase II, Phase III
            -Welfare assistance programs

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

                    -Management

       President’s telephone conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
             -President’s schedule
                    -Speech
                    -Camp David
                    -Florida [?]

       Vietnam [?]
             -President’s conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                   -Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
             -Haldeman [?]

       Colson [?]

       Press coverage [?]
             -People’s Republic of China PRC] [?]

       Visitors to the White House
             -Pete V. Dominici [?]
                    -Daughters

       [Unintelligible name]
             -Death
                    -Rose Mary Woods’s report

      President’s schedule [?]
            -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                   -Speech [?]
                   -Florida [?]
                          -Vietnam [?]
                                -Responsibility
                                -US role in world [?]                                          -
Dominance

       President’s schedule [?]
             -Executive Office Building [EOB]
             -Camp David [?]

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

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Also recorded on March 21, 1973

037-180 7:52 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John V. Brennan talked on the telephone from 7:52 pm to 7:53 pm.
422-009 7:52 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:52 pm to 7:53 pm.
422-010 7:53 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John V. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:53 pm.
422-011 7:53 PM · 16 sec — 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 7:53 pm and 7:58 pm.
037-181 7:58 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 7:58 pm to 7:59 pm.
422-012 7:58 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:58 pm to 7:59 pm.
037-182 8:07 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John V. Brennan talked on the telephone from 8:07 pm to 8:08 pm.
422-013 8:07 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, John V. Brennan, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:07 pm to 8:08 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 422-014, 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/422-014 (accessed October 2, 2026).