Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-088
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H.R. Haldeman
Wednesday, April 14, 1971 · 7:58 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief exchange served exclusively as a procedural step to initiate an official communication between the President and his top aide. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On April 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-088 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-88
Date: April 14, 1971
Time: 7:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to H. R. (“Bob”) HaldemanAlso recorded on April 15, 1971
- 001-085 7:45 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:45 pm to 7:54 pm.
- 001-086 7:54 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 7:54 pm to 7:55 pm.
- 001-087 7:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 7:55 pm to 7:57 pm.
- 001-089 7:58 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:58 pm to 8:03 pm.
- 001-090 8:04 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:04 pm.
- 001-091 8:05 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:12 pm.
- 001-092 8:12 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 8:12 pm to 8:13 pm.
- 001-093 8:13 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:13 pm to 8:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-088, April 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-088 (accessed October 27, 2026).