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.
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 AidConversation 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.
Conversation No. 429-028
Date: April 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm.
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator [?].
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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