Lawrence M. Higby served as Deputy Assistant to the President and the primary administrative aide to White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman from January 1969 until May 1973. During the White House taping period (February 1971 – July 1973), Higby closely managed Haldeman's schedule and communications, and notably relayed the February 1971 order to Alexander Butterfield to install the secret voice-activated taping system. Following Haldeman's resignation in April 1973 amid the Watergate scandal, Higby transitioned to the Office of Management and Budget in May 1973, serving as an assistant to Deputy Director Frederic Malek for the remainder of the Nixon administration.
On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, Lawrence M. Higby, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:16 pm to 6:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 523-006 of the White House Tapes.
On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Frederic V. Malek, Lawrence M. Higby, Mary Swann, and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:32 pm to 5:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 531-028 of the White House Tapes.
On August 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John N. Mitchell, Lawrence M. Higby, White House operator, Lee R. Nunn, John B. Connally, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:01 pm to 6:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 268-005 of the White House Tapes.
On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Clifford M. Hardin, Martha L. (Wood) Hardin, Earl L. Butz, Mary E. (Powell) Butz, John D. Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker, Lawrence M. Higby, White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:52 pm to 4:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-006 of the White House Tapes.
On February 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-008 of the White House Tapes.
On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Alexander P. Butterfield, Melvin R. Laird, White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, Charles W. Colson, [David] Kenneth Rush, Ronald L. Ziegler, George Meany, Edward R. F. Cox, William F. ("Billy") Graham, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 pm to 11:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-069 of the White House Tapes.
On May 8, 1972, Lawrence M. Higby and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:52 pm and 11:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-036 of the White House Tapes.
On June 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 12:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-017 of the White House Tapes.
On July 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, George H. W. Bush, Lawrence M. Higby, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:02 am to 11:05 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 350-034 of the White House Tapes.
On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 363-010 of the White House Tapes.
H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 177-003 of the White House Tapes.
On September 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:40 am to 1:12 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 210-013 of the White House Tapes.
On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:03 pm to 12:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 813-028 of the White House Tapes.
On November 21, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 4:41 pm. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 183-003 of the White House Tapes.
On November 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Lawrence M. Higby, William Hirsch, and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:40 am to 10:10 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 232-004 of the White House Tapes.
On December 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), Anne L. Armstrong, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:45 pm to 5:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 382-013 of the White House Tapes.
On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, William E. Simon, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, John C. Whitaker, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, George H. W. Bush, Donald E. Johnson, William D. Ruckelshaus, Herbert Stein, Russell E. Train, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Herbert G. Klein, Leonard Garment, Ronald L. Ziegler, Richard A. Moore, Arthur J. Sohmer, Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr., David N. Parker, David R. Gergen, Stanley S. Scott, Franklin R. Gannon, John S. Guthrie, Jr., Tod R. Hullin, Patrick J. Buchanan, Lawrence M. Higby, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Frederic V. Malek, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 3:10 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 117-007 of the White House Tapes.
On April 13, 1973, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 10:47 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-001 of the White House Tapes.
On April 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, Lawrence M. Higby, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:16 am to 10:47 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 895-008 of the White House Tapes.
On April 15, 1973, White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 8:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-053 of the White House Tapes.
On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 3:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 898-022 of the White House Tapes.
On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 430-019 of the White House Tapes.
On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone from 4:25 pm to 4:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-146 of the White House Tapes.
On April 25, 1973, Lawrence M. Higby and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:25 pm to 4:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 430-020 of the White House Tapes.
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, J. Philip Campbell, Richard G. Kleindienst, William P. Clements, Jr., George H. W. Bush, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Ronald L. Ziegler, Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr., Richard A. Moore, W. Richard Howard, David R. Gergen, Patrick J. Buchanan, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, Lawrence M. Higby, Bruce A. Kehrli, Stanley S. Scott, Stephen B. Bull, Rose Mary Woods, Arthur J. Sohmer, Lee W. Huebner, Jerry H. Jones, Donald F. Rodgers, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Herbert G. Klein, Thomas C. Korologos, Gerald L. Warren, Andrew T. Falkiewicz, Max L. Friedersdorf, Lyndon K. Allin, Fred F. Fielding, Michael J. Farrell, James H. Falk, Richard M. Fairbanks, III, James H. Cavanaugh, Dana G. Mead, Geoffrey C. Shepard, and C. Gregg Petersmeyer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 11:52 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 120-001 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:56 am to 10:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-002 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:00 am to 11:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-005 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone from 11:25 am to 11:28 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-025 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:25 am to 11:28 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-008 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone from 12:03 pm to 12:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-027 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:03 pm to 12:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-024 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Lawrence M. Higby, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-028 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:20 pm to 5:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 436-014 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, Ronald L. Ziegler and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:27 pm and 8:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-037 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Leonard Garment, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:27 pm to 8:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 436-015 of the White House Tapes.