Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-088

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Henry Kissinger

Wednesday, August 11, 1971 · 12:57 PM–12:58 PM ET · White House Telephone · 49 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation007-088 on Tape 7 (tape position 03:09:30–03:10:19)StartWednesday, August 11, 1971 at 12:57 PMEndWednesday, August 11, 1971 at 12:58 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-088 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate the scheduling of afternoon appointments, specifically finalizing the timing for a meeting with Henry Kissinger's review group. They agree to relocate the three o'clock session to the Executive Office Building to accommodate the President's work schedule. The discussion concludes with the scheduling of an additional meeting with an unnamed individual at four o'clock.

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Yeah.
Hello.
Yes, sir.
Four o'clock is best for him, if that's okay.
And you have that Kissinger group at three for a few minutes, I guess.
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
This review group.
Oh, that's to be at three, is it?
Apparently, that's what Hague says.
Okay.
Okay.
You want them some other time?
They're meeting for some period of time, so we can set them when you want to, I think.
Well, I was going over to the EOB to do some work, and I... Well, we can bring them to the EOB.
Sure.
Three o'clock, yeah.
Okay.
Okay.

NARA Description

On August 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 12:57 pm to 12:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-088 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-88

Date: August 11, 1971
Time: 12:57 pm - 12:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 561-11]

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with an unknown man
          -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
                -Time
               -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
          -Executive Office Building [EOB]

Also recorded on August 11, 1971

  • 561-008 11:53 AM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 12:51 pm.
  • 561-009 12:51 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:57 pm.
  • 561-010 12:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:57 pm.
  • 561-011 12:57 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:57 pm to 12:58 pm.
  • 007-089 12:58 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:58 pm and 7:52 pm.
  • 561-012 12:59 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:43 pm.
  • 272-010 1:43 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 272-011 1:43 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 2:54 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-088, August 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-088 (accessed October 9, 2026).