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Haldeman & Flanigan on Sequoia and John Connally

Thursday, June 10, 1971 · 4:22 PM–6:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 23 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Flanigan, Peter M.Conversation005-006 on Tape 5 (tape position 00:09:07–00:09:29)StartThursday, June 10, 1971 at 4:22 PMEndThursday, June 10, 1971 at 6:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-006 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 644217807 ↗

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NARA Description

On June 10, 1971, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Peter M. Flanigan 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 005-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-6

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

H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with Peter M. Flanigan.

[See Conversation No. 516-12B]

     Dinner on the Sequoia
          -John B. Connally
          -William P. Rogers
          -John D. Ehrlichman

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Hello.
Yes, Bob.
Pete, would you be able to join the president on the Sequoia for dinner tonight?
Yes, I would.
We'll be leaving in just a few minutes, 6 o'clock.
Fine.
And John Connolly and Bill Rogers and John Erlichman and I are going.
Wonderful.
Okay.
Thank you very much.
I'm down at 6 to swing over there.
6, and I'll be down there.
Right.
Thank you.

Also recorded on June 10, 1971

  • 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.
  • 005-005 4:22 PM · 6 sec — 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.
  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-006, June 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 644217807). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-006 (accessed November 4, 2026).