Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-149

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

Wednesday, May 3, 1972 · 8:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-149 on Tape 23StartWednesday, May 3, 1972 at 8:19 PMEndWednesday, May 3, 1972 at 8:19 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-149 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. The primary purpose of the communication was to verify Haldeman's current location to establish contact. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this administrative exchange.

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NARA Description

On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-149 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-149

Date: May 3, 1972
Time: 8:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
         -Haldeman's location

Also recorded on May 4, 1972

  • 023-147 8:10 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:10 pm to 8:18 pm.
  • 023-148 8:19 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:19 pm.
  • 719-001 8:43 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 8:45 am.
  • 719-002 8:45 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:45 am to 8:57 am.
  • 719-003 8:58 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 9:02 am.
  • 719-004 9:06 AM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:06 am to 9:59 am.
  • 023-150 9:30 AM · 38 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 9:35 am.
  • 719-005 9:59 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:59 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-149, May 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-149 (accessed October 1, 2026).