Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 423 › Conversation 423-014

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Informal meeting

Tuesday, March 27, 1973 · 10:58 AM–11:07 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation423-014 on Tape 423StartTuesday, March 27, 1973 at 10:58 AMEndTuesday, March 27, 1973 at 11:07 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 423-014 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with unidentified individuals in his Old Executive Office Building workspace. The encounter was limited to a casual inquiry regarding the President’s current activities and an exchange of pleasantries. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were recorded during this brief interaction.

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On March 27, 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 10:58 am and 11:07 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 423-014 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 423-14

Date: March 27, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:58 am and 11:07 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President [?] met with unknown people.

       Inquiry
             -Gratitude

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:07 am.
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  • 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.
  • 423-003 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.
  • 423-002 11:07 AM · 21 sec — 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.
  • 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.

Conversation 423-014, 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/423-014 (accessed October 2, 2026).