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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation003-183 on Tape 3 (tape position 04:32:46–04:32:50)StartFriday, May 28, 1971 at 5:45 PMEndFriday, May 28, 1971 at 5:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-183 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417188603 ↗

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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.

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 Woods

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Miss Woods?
Yes.
  • 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.

Conversation 003-183, May 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188603). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-183 (accessed November 11, 2026).