Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-005

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H. R. Haldeman

Monday, April 19, 1971 · 6:56 PM–7:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation002-005 on Tape 2 (tape position 00:07:00–00:07:05)StartMonday, April 19, 1971 at 6:56 PMEndMonday, April 19, 1971 at 7:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 002-005 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417187977 ↗

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NARA Description

On April 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and 7:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 2-5

Date: April 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:56 pm and 7:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

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Call him in, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

Also recorded on April 19, 1971

  • 054-001 5:05 PM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the executive council of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades, including Charles D. Aquandro, Frank A. Bonadio, Harold J. Buoy, Edward F. Carlough, Peter Fosco, Robert A. Georgine, Maurice A. Hutcheson, Albert E. Hutchinson, John H. ("Jack") Lyons, Thomas F. Murphy, William Peitler, Charles H. Pillard, Joseph T. Power, S. Frank Raftery, Joseph P. Ricciarelli, Peter T. Shoeman, Louis Sherman, Hunter P. Wharton, Richard W. Williams, James D. Hodgson, Willie J. Usery, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Charles W. Colson, the White House photographers, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:05 pm to 6:03 pm.
  • 482-025 6:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:09 pm to 6:11 pm.
  • 482-026 6:12 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:12 pm.
  • 482-027 6:12 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:12 pm to 6:32 pm.
  • 002-003 6:32 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:32 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 482-028 6:32 PM · 47 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:32 pm and 9:24 pm.
  • 002-004 6:50 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 6:50 pm to 6:56 pm.
  • 002-006 7:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:24 pm to 7:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 002-005, April 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187977). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-005 (accessed November 1, 2026).