Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 776 › Conversation 776-009

Nixon & Ehrlichman on Financial Disclosure and Personal Finances

Thursday, September 14, 1972 · 11:23 AM–11:28 AM ET · Oval Office ·24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Ehrlichman, John D.Conversation776-009 onTape 776StartThursday, September 14, 1972 at 11:23 AMEndThursday, September 14, 1972 at 11:28 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 776-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with John D. Ehrlichman to discuss the public disclosure of his personal financial statement. The conversation centered on the management and presentation of the President's assets as they prepared for upcoming release requirements. No major policy shifts were recorded, as the brief exchange served primarily to coordinate administrative logistics regarding the financial filing.

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John, would you like to go over that, uh, an act statement, uh, sometime, or, uh, uh, I mean, I said I could have said it, and you're, you're putting my money on me.
Oh, I, oh, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,

NARA Description

On September 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 11:28 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 776-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 776-9

Date: September 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:23 am and 11:28 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

             The President's schedule
                 -Finance statement
                 -John N. Mitchell

Also recorded on September 14, 1972

  • 776-008 9:57 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Stephen B. Bull, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Rogers C. B. Morton, John C. Whitaker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:57 am to 11:23 am.
  • 776-010 11:28 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:28 am to 11:30 am.
  • 776-011 11:36 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:36 am and 11:39 am.
  • 776-012 11:39 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Timmons, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:39 am to 11:47 am.
  • 776-013 11:47 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas S. Gettys, John E. Nidecker, Max L. Friedersdorf, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:47 am to 11:49 am.
  • 776-014 11:49 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 12:02 pm.
  • 776-015 12:02 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Frank L. Rizzo, John G. Carlson, White House photographer, John D. Ehrlichman, and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:02 pm to 12:45 pm.
  • 776-016 12:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 12:52 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 776-009, September 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/776-009 (accessed September 18, 2026).