Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-018

Nixon phone call with Haldeman

Tuesday, March 7, 1972 · 10:08 PM–10:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation021-018 on Tape 21 (tape position 00:41:15–00:47:11)StartTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 10:08 PMEndTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 10:14 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-018 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646310036 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman engaged in a brief telephone conversation regarding personal matters. The majority of the interaction, lasting nearly six minutes, was subsequently withdrawn from the public record. Consequently, no substantive policy decisions or administrative actions are reflected in the available documentation for this exchange.

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NARA Description

On March 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:08 pm to 10:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-18

Date: March 7, 1972
Time: 10:08 pm - 10:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 5m 52s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Hello.
Yes, sir.

Also recorded on March 7, 1972

  • 021-016 2:29 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Abraham A. Ribicoff talked on the telephone from 2:29 pm to 2:38 pm.
  • 322-028 2:35 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:35 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 021-017 2:38 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 10:08 pm.
  • 679-012 3:01 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:05 pm.
  • 679-013 3:05 PM · 1 hr 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 4:43 pm.
  • 679-014 4:43 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:43 pm to 4:44 pm.
  • 679-015 4:44 PM · 1 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, William P. Rogers, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:44 pm to 6:18 pm.
  • 021-019 10:21 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:21 pm to 10:29 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-018, March 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646310036). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-018 (accessed November 5, 2026).