Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-170
Haldeman, Connally & Woods on Cabinet meeting and Economic policy
Monday, June 28, 1971 · 11:51 AM–1:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
H. R. Haldeman consulted with Treasury Secretary John B. Connally regarding the President's strategy for an upcoming Cabinet meeting. Both men agreed that Nixon should replicate the effective, explicit conduct he displayed during an earlier morning meeting rather than following a standard agenda. This approach was intended to set a clear precedent for subsequent economic policy discussions involving Cabinet members Melvin Laird and William Rogers.
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NARA Description
On June 28, 1971, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Rose Mary Woods, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:51 am and 1:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-170 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 5-170
Date: June 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:51 am and 1:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 529-23G]
Call to John B. Connally
Connally's situation
Note to Connally
Haldeman conferred with Rose Mary Woods at an unknown time after 11:51 am.
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Haldeman talked with Connally at an unknown time after 11:51 am.
President's conduct at meeting June 28
-Forthcoming Cabinet meeting
-Forthcoming Cabinet meeting
-Melvin R. Laird, William P. RogersAlso recorded on June 28, 1971
- 529-022 11:38 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:38 am and 11:46 am.
- 529-023 11:39 AM · 1 hr 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Donald G. Brotzman, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Peter M. Flanigan, Jack H. McDonald, unknown person(s), John B. Connally, John D. Ehrlichman, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:39 am to 1:40 pm.
- 005-165 11:46 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Donald G. Brotzman talked on the telephone from 11:46 am to 11:47 am.
- 005-166 11:47 AM · 5 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:50 am.
- 005-167 11:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter M. Flanigan, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 11:50 am to 11:51 am.
- 005-168 11:51 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:51 am and 11:55 am.
- 006-001 11:51 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:51 am and 2:47 pm.
- 005-169 11:55 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jack H. McDonald talked on the telephone from 11:55 am to 11:56 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 005-170, June 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/005-170 (accessed October 11, 2026).