Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-035

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Bohemian Grove and John Mitchell

Thursday, July 29, 1971 · 8:56 PM–8:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation007-035 on Tape 7 (tape position 01:51:17–01:52:35)StartThursday, July 29, 1971 at 8:56 PMEndThursday, July 29, 1971 at 8:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-035 ↗

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President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed logistics and political optics regarding an upcoming trip to the Bohemian Grove. Nixon proposed inviting Attorney General John Mitchell and Treasury Secretary John Connally to accompany them, specifically emphasizing the symbolic importance of Mitchell's attendance at the event. They agreed that while the officials should attend the festivities at the Grove, they would remain there while the President departed.

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Hello.
Yes, sir.
Hi, Bob.
I had an idea that I think may have some merit.
Why don't we invite, if they can make it, Mitchell and Connolly to go with us on this trip tomorrow?
And my thought would be to have them go and go to the Grove and then have them spend the night there, you know.
We can have...
planning to do that, because he was supposed to be to go this weekend anyway.
Right.
Well, but I think the Mitchell-Connolly thing has great symbolic impact, particularly Mitchell.
If he could go, I think it would be very important if he could go.
Connolly, if he's free to go.
I don't know whether Connolly may feel, because of the international situation,
Urge John to go.
Right.
But I don't want him to rush down to California with me.
I think he should spend the night there, don't you think, at the Grove?
Party night, right.
And go around that night and have the dinner and all the other nice things while I take off.
Okay.

NARA Description

On July 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:56 pm to 8:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-035 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-35
Date: July 29, 1971
Time: 8:56 pm - 8:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

     The President's schedule
          -Trip
                -John N. Mitchell and John B. Connally
                      -Accommodations
                      -Meeting with Ronald W. Reagan
                       -John D. Ehrlichman
                            -The Bohemian Grove
                -Mitchell, Connally

Also recorded on July 30, 1971

  • 007-032 8:00 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:00 pm to 8:19 pm.
  • 007-033 8:24 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:24 pm to 8:25 pm.
  • 007-034 8:25 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:56 pm.
  • 267-002 9:08 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:08 am to 9:10 am.
  • 267-003 9:10 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:13 am.
  • 007-036 9:13 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 9:13 am to 9:15 am.
  • 267-004 9:13 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:13 am to 9:15 am.
  • 007-037 9:15 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:15 am and 10:27 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-035, July 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-035 (accessed October 9, 2026).