Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 426 › Conversation 426-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings

Thursday, March 29, 1973 · 2:05 PM–2:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation426-001 on Tape 426StartThursday, March 29, 1973 at 2:05 PMEndThursday, March 29, 1973 at 2:45 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 426-001 ↗

President Richard M. Nixon held a brief, recorded meeting in the Executive Office Building with an unidentified individual. The nature of the discussion remains undocumented due to the lack of a preserved transcript or specific record of the conversation's content. Consequently, no substantive policy decisions, strategic developments, or specific action items can be attributed to this exchange.

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On March 29, 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 2:05 pm and 2:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 426-1

Date: March 29, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:05 pm and 2:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:45 pm.
  • 424-031 1:34 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:35 pm.
  • 424-032 1:35 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:35 pm to 1:37 pm.
  • 424-033 1:37 PM · 13 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 1:37 pm and 2:04 pm.
  • 426-002 2:05 PM · 8 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 2:05 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 426-003 2:05 PM · 9 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 2:05 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 426-004 2:45 PM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, John W. Dean, III, and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:45 pm to 4:20 pm.
  • 044-068 2:46 PM · 42 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 3:01 pm.
  • 044-069 2:46 PM · 7 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 3:01 pm.

Conversation 426-001, March 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-001 (accessed October 1, 2026).