Conversation 006-145

TapeTape 6StartMonday, July 5, 1971 at 7:26 PMEndMonday, July 5, 1971 at 7:28 PMTape start time02:58:35Tape end time03:00:19ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceWhite House Telephone

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President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss the scheduling and potential reliability of upcoming Gallup and Harris presidential approval polls. They analyze the impact of recent political events, noting that the lack of major developments between polling periods should limit significant fluctuations in results. The conversation reflects the administration's strategic focus on monitoring public perception amidst ongoing political scrutiny.

Gallup pollHarris pollPublic opinionPolitical strategyPresidential approval ratings

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NARA Description

On July 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:26 pm to 7:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-145 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-145

Date: July 5, 1971
Time: 7:26 pm - 7:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

     Next Gallup poll
          -Timing of next Presidential approval poll

     Harris poll

     Gallup poll

          -Accuracy

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Next Sunday you'll have the have the

of how does this affect him in the same way?

Well, he hasn't run the thing from the last one, has he?

I guess not.

49 years, maybe, I don't know.

He didn't run that at all, did he?

I'm not sure.

I don't think he did.

I'd rather think.

Well, it may, it's going to be very hard for him to be too far off the mark because our scheme, there wasn't a hell of a lot that happened between our week and his week.

In other words, the case hadn't come down yet.

The case hadn't come down and there was just a lot of hullabaloo and yakking around about it.

OK.

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