Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 423 › Conversation 423-002
Nixon & Ehrlichman on Wounded Knee occupation and American Indian Movement
Tuesday, March 27, 1973 · 11:07 AM–11:08 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and John Ehrlichman briefly coordinate a meeting to discuss the ongoing occupation of Wounded Knee. The conversation serves as a logistical check-in to ensure Ehrlichman is prepared to report on the situation. The brief exchange concludes with an instruction for Ehrlichman to proceed to the President's office immediately.
- Wounded Knee occupation
- logistics
- American Indian Movement
- White House coordination
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NARA Description
On March 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:07 am to 11:08 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 423-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 423-2
Date: March 27, 1973
Time: 11:07 am - 11:08 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 423-13 (cont’d)
[See Conversation No. 44-18]Also recorded on March 27, 1973
- 888-005 10:55 AM · 21 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 2:57 pm.
- 423-001 10:58 AM · 10 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 10:58 am and 11:07 am.
- 423-014 10:58 AM · 21 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 10:58 am and 11:07 am.
- 423-003 11:00 AM · 2 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Sally Inge, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Pierre E. Trudeau, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm.
- 044-018 11:07 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:08 am.
- 044-019 12:05 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Pierre E. Trudeau talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:05 pm and 12:10 pm.
- 044-020 12:10 PM · 7 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 1:16 pm.
- 044-021 12:10 PM · 5 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 1:16 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 423-002, March 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/423-002 (accessed October 2, 2026).