Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 429 › Conversation 429-016
Nixon, Ehrlichman & Bull on White House logistics and Watergate-era meetings
Thursday, April 19, 1973 · 5:01 PM–5:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon, John Ehrlichman, and Stephen Bull meet briefly in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate a private session. The participants discuss the need for a short break and reference symbolic or metaphorical language regarding seeking energy from a church setting. The meeting serves primarily as a logistical pause in their broader discussions during the height of the Watergate-era legal pressures.
- White House logistics
- John Ehrlichman
- Watergate-era meetings
- Presidential scheduling
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NARA Description
On April 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 429-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 429-016
Date: April 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Action paper
The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman between 5:03 pm and 5:04 pm.
[Conversation No. 429-016A].
[See Conversation No. 038-117]
Paper for President's signature
President's schedule
-Sequoia
-William P. Rogers, John C. Stennis
Bull left at 5:04 pm.Also recorded on April 19, 1973
- 429-028 5:01 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm.
- 038-117 5:03 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:03 pm to 5:04 pm.
- 038-118 5:04 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:04 pm and 5:10 pm.
- 038-119 5:10 PM · 12 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 5:10 pm.
- 429-017 5:10 PM · 16 sec — unknown person(s) and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:10 pm.
- 429-018 5:15 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:45 pm.
- 038-120 5:43 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:43 pm to 5:45 pm.
- 038-121 5:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 5:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 429-016, April 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/429-016 (accessed October 5, 2026).