Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-183
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Rose Mary Woods
Friday, May 28, 1971 · 5:45 PM–5:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief telephone call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, with Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman present. The primary purpose of the communication was to establish contact with Woods, though the recording concludes before substantive business is conducted. This interaction serves as a brief administrative coordination involving the President’s inner circle.
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NARA Description
On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 5:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-183 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 003-183
Date: May 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:45 pm and 5:51 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. 506-013A]
Call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on May 28, 1971
- 003-181 3:48 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:51 pm.
- 003-182 4:51 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 4:51 pm to 4:52 pm.
- 506-011 5:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 5:08 pm.
- 506-012 5:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:10 pm to 5:12 pm.
- 506-013 5:27 PM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John N. Mitchell, White House operator, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:27 pm to 6:50 pm.
- 003-184 5:51 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:51 pm to 5:52 pm.
- 003-185 6:50 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 8:11 pm.
- 506-014 6:50 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-183, May 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-183 (accessed September 26, 2026).