Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-088

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on debriefing

Thursday, July 1, 1971 · 6:45 PM–6:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation006-088 on Tape 6 (tape position 01:47:04–01:47:18)StartThursday, July 1, 1971 at 6:45 PMEndThursday, July 1, 1971 at 6:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-088 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon calls H. R. Haldeman to confirm the conclusion of a meeting Haldeman had been attending. Nixon requests that Haldeman provide an immediate, in-person debriefing at the White House. Haldeman agrees to the request and prepares to depart his office to meet with the President.

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Hello?
Yes, sir.
You finished your meeting?
Yeah.
You home?
No, no.
Still in the office?
In the office, yeah.
Well, do you want to come over and give me a brief report on it?
Sure.
Okay, fine.
Right over.

NARA Description

On July 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 6:45 pm to 6:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-088 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-88

Date: July 1, 1971
Time: 6:45 pm - 6:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See Conversation No. 261-47]

     Haldeman's location

     Haldeman's schedule
          -Report on meeting

Also recorded on July 1, 1971

  • 006-086 6:30 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 6:30 pm to 6:37 pm.
  • 261-045 6:30 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:30 pm to 6:37 pm.
  • 006-087 6:37 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 6:45 pm.
  • 261-046 6:37 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 6:45 pm.
  • 261-047 6:45 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:45 pm to 6:46 pm.
  • 006-089 6:46 PM · 1 min — Edward R. F. Cox and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:46 pm on July 1, 1971 and 4:08 pm on July 2, 1971.
  • 261-048 6:46 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:46 pm and 7:00 pm.
  • 261-049 7:00 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:00 pm to 7:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-088, July 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-088 (accessed October 5, 2026).