Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 430 › Conversation 430-033
Nixon & Kleindienst on Watergate and legal strategy
Wednesday, April 25, 1973 · 7:22 PM–7:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst to briefly discuss urgent matters, though the brevity and lack of a full transcript obscure the specific nature of their exchange. This encounter occurred during the height of the Watergate investigation, suggesting the discussion centered on legal strategies or the mounting political pressure facing the administration. No concrete decisions were recorded, leaving the ultimate purpose of this brief consultation a matter of historical speculation.
- Watergate
- Richard G. Kleindienst
- legal strategy
- administration crisis
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NARA Description
On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:22 pm to 7:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 430-033 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 430-033 Date: April 25, 1973 Time: 7:22 pm - 7:25 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Richard G. Kleindienst. [See Conversation No. 038-153]
Also recorded on April 26, 1973
- 038-151 7:17 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 7:17 pm to 7:19 pm.
- 038-152 7:19 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:19 pm and 7:25 pm.
- 430-032 7:19 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:19 pm and 7:22 pm.
- 038-153 7:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 7:22 pm to 7:25 pm.
- 038-154 7:25 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:25 pm.
- 038-155 7:25 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 7:25 pm to 7:39 pm.
- 430-034 7:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:25 pm.
- 430-035 7:25 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:25 pm to 7:39 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 430-033, April 26, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/430-033 (accessed October 5, 2026).