Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-108

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on White House administration

Sunday, September 12, 1971 · 9:25 PM–9:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation008-108 on Tape 8 (tape position 05:05:53–05:13:03)StartSunday, September 12, 1971 at 9:25 PMEndSunday, September 12, 1971 at 9:33 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-108 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman engaged in a brief telephone conversation to coordinate administrative matters or internal White House business. The majority of the exchange was classified as personal and subsequently withdrawn from public release. No substantive policy decisions or political developments were recorded in the available portion of the transcript.

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NARA Description

On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:25 pm to 9:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-108 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-108

Date: September 12, 1971
Time: 9:25 pm - 9:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

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[Duration: 7m 8s ]

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Also recorded on September 13, 1971

  • 008-106 9:23 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John A. Scali talked on the telephone from 9:23 pm to 9:24 pm.
  • 008-107 9:24 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:24 pm.
  • 008-109 10:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hobart D. Lewis talked on the telephone from 10:05 pm to 10:08 pm.
  • 008-110 8:01 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:01 am and 1:15 pm.
  • 073-005 8:01 AM · 2 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met with Cabinet officers and their wives, including William P. Rogers, Adele (Langston) Rogers, John B. Connally, Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) (Connally), Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Martha (Beall) Mitchell, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Martha L. (Wood) Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, Kathleen Stans, James D. Hodgson, Maria (Denend) Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, Anne Richardson, George W. Romney, Lenore L. Romney, John A. Volpe, Jennie (Benedetto) Volpe, David M. Kennedy, Lenora (Bingham) Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Helena M. ("Obie") Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Carol (Crothers) Finch, Joyce (Pierson) Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, Barbara (Pierce) Bush, Robert J. Dole, Dr. Arthur A. Fletcher, Robert E. Hampton, Dr. John A. Hannah, Thomas S. Kleppe, Virginia H. Knauer, Robert L. Kunzig, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Frank J. Shakespeare, Paul W. McCracken, Arnold R. Weber, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Herbert Stein, and Alexander P. Butterfield, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:01 am and 3:07 pm.
  • 570-010 8:02 AM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:02 am to 8:04 am.
  • 570-011 8:04 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:04 am and 8:40 am.
  • 073-006 10:42 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:42 am and 3:07 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-108, September 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-108 (accessed September 19, 2026).