Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-025

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Congressional relations and Frank T. Bow

Wednesday, May 12, 1971 · 5:28 PM–5:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation003-025 on Tape 3 (tape position 00:27:43–00:28:11)StartWednesday, May 12, 1971 at 5:28 PMEndWednesday, May 12, 1971 at 5:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon coordinated with the White House operator and H.R. Haldeman to arrange a series of telephone calls to members of Congress. The discussion focused on placing outreach calls to Representatives Frank T. Bow, Edward P. Boland, and John J. McFall. The primary action item was the administrative facilitation of these specific congressional contacts.

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Now there are two or three other calls.
Frank Bowe of Ohio, Congressman Edward Boland, B-O-L-A-N-D, of Massachusetts.
B-O-L-A-N-D. B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N-D, B-O-L-A-N

NARA Description

On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 003-025

Date: May 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator; H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman can be heard in the
background.

[See Conversation No. 499-002A]

     Calls to Frank T. Bow, Edward P. Boland, and John J. McFall

Also recorded on May 12, 1971

  • 499-002 5:28 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Leslie C. Arends, Stephen B. Bull, Frank T. Bow, John B. Connally, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:28 pm and 6:03 pm.
  • 003-026 5:29 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:31 pm.
  • 003-027 5:32 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank T. Bow talked on the telephone from 5:32 pm to 5:33 pm.
  • 498-001 5:33 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Frank T. Bow, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, John B. Connally, and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:33 pm and 6:03 pm.
  • 003-028 5:34 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward P. Boland talked on the telephone from 5:34 pm to 5:36 pm.
  • 003-030 5:37 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:37 pm and 5:41 pm.
  • 003-031 5:37 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:37 pm and 5:41 pm.
  • 003-032 5:41 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:41 pm to 5:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 003-025, May 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-025 (accessed September 28, 2026).