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Haldeman phone call on Peter M. Flanigan and Communication logistics

Thursday, June 10, 1971 · 4:22 PM–6:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operatorConversation005-005 on Tape 5 (tape position 00:09:01–00:09:07)StartThursday, June 10, 1971 at 4:22 PMEndThursday, June 10, 1971 at 6:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-005 ↗

H. R. Haldeman contacts the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Peter M. Flanigan. The brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to connect the Chief of Staff with a key presidential aide. No substantive policy discussions occur, as the conversation is limited to the operator connecting the requested line.

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Pete Flanagan, please, for all of it.
Thank you.

On June 10, 1971, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 6:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-005 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 5-5

Date: June 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:22 pm and 6:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 516-12A]

     Call to Peter M. Flanigan
  • 005-002 2:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hubert H. Humphrey talked on the telephone from 2:53 pm to 2:57 pm.
  • 005-003 2:57 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:57 pm and 4:17 pm.
  • 516-010 3:08 PM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Jeffrey Donfeld, Arnold R. Weber, Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Clifford M. Hardin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:08 pm to 4:24 pm.
  • 005-004 4:17 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clifford M. Hardin talked on the telephone from 4:17 pm to 4:22 pm.
  • 005-006 4:22 PM · 23 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 6:02 pm.
  • 516-011 4:25 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:25 pm to 5:18 pm.
  • 516-012 5:20 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Peter M. Flanigan, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 6:01 pm.
  • 516-015 6:01 PM · 28 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:01 pm and 11:00 pm.

Conversation 005-005, June 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).