Conversation 422-014

TapeTape 422StartTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 8:08 PMEndTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 9:27 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

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.

Watergate scandalMoney launderingCongressional relationsEconomic policyPresidential schedulingWhite House staff

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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. 422-14

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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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

       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 [?]
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                      (rev. July-2010)
                                                           Conversation No. 422-14 (cont’d)



            -Dwight L. Chapin
            -Consultation
            -Haldeman, Ehrlichman
            -Situation
                  -Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Colson
            -White House staff


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 15s]


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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
                -Management

      President’s telephone conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. July-2010)
                                                          Conversation No. 422-14 (cont’d)



           -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 [?]

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. July-2010)

Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

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.

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