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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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417188375 ↗

AI Summary

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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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

                 -A dinner
                      -Date

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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.

Also recorded on May 19, 1971

  • 003-063 8:52 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:52 am to 8:53 am.
  • 501-001 8:52 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:52 am to 8:53 am.
  • 501-002 8:52 AM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:52 am and 8:53 am.
  • 501-003 8:55 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:55 am to 9:05 am.
  • 501-004 9:05 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:05 am to 10:14 am.
  • 501-005 10:14 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:22 am.
  • 501-006 10:14 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:22 am.
  • 501-007 10:22 AM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:22 am to 11:04 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 003-064, May 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188375). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-064 (accessed November 12, 2026).