Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-064

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on King Faisal and Press Conference

Wednesday, May 19, 1971 · 9:45 AM–9:46 AM ET · White House Telephone · 43 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation003-064 on Tape 3 (tape position 01:14:17–01:15:02)StartWednesday, May 19, 1971 at 9:45 AMEndWednesday, May 19, 1971 at 9:46 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-064 ↗

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President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed coordinating the logistics of King Faisal’s upcoming state visit to avoid scheduling conflicts with a scheduled press conference. Nixon directed Haldeman to shift the King’s visit from an 11:00 am meeting to a formal dinner. Haldeman agreed to review the schedule and identify a suitable night, such as Wednesday or Saturday, to accommodate the change.

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Mr. Haldeman, sir.
There you are.
Yes, sir.
Hello.
When Faisal comes, I'd prefer to do that as a dinner.
You know what I mean?
Faisal, rather than seeing him at 11 o'clock, remember we had a problem on Friday and so forth.
Why don't you offer him, if you could, a dinner on... We're going to do a press conference Friday night, aren't we?
Yeah.
Was that the problem?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, could you go for a dinner on, say, Wednesday night?
We can sure see.
Or Saturday night, or something like that.
Well, take a look, will you?
Yeah.
See what we can work out on the dinner side.
Fine.
Okay.
Right.

NARA Description

On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:46 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-064 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 003-064

Date: May 19, 1971
Time: 9:45 am - 9:46 am
Location: White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 501-004B]

     President's schedule
          -Visit of King Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud
                 -A dinner
                       -Date
          -President's press conference
                 -Date
          -King Faisal's visit

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

                 -A dinner
                      -Date

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 003-064, May 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-064 (accessed September 28, 2026).