Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-156
Haldeman phone call on Nelson A. Rockefeller
Monday, August 16, 1971 · 9:50 AM–10:01 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
H. R. Haldeman coordinates with the White House operator to manage an incoming call from Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. The operator confirms Rockefeller is on the line, and Haldeman instructs her to place the governor on hold while awaiting the President’s arrival. This brief exchange serves strictly as an administrative effort to facilitate a high-level communication between Nixon and Rockefeller.
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NARA Description
On August 16, 1971, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:01 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-156 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-156
Date: August 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:05 am and 10:01 am
Location: White House Telephone
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 564-3E]
Request for Nelson A. Rockefeller to hold the lineAlso recorded on August 16, 1971
- 007-153 9:05 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:05 am.
- 007-154 9:05 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:05 am.
- 007-155 9:50 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:01 am.
- 007-157 10:01 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 10:01 am to 10:10 am.
- 007-158 10:10 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 11:48 am.
- 069-002 10:10 AM · 1 hr 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro Agnew, and Cabinet officers, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, William T. Pecora, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, John G. Veneman, George W. Romney, David M. Kennedy, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, George P. Shultz, George H. W. Bush, John N. Irwin, II, Charls E. Walker, J. Philip Campbell, James M. Beggs, James T. Lynn, Laurence H. Silberman, Richard C. Van Dusen, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert J. Brown, Paul W. McCracken, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arthur F. Burns, General George A. Lincoln, Herbert Stein, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Frank J. Shakespeare, and Stephen B. Bull, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:10 am to 11:27 am.
- 564-004 10:10 AM · 1 hr 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John B. Connally, Stephen B. Bull, Kenneth E. BeLieu, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Arthur A. Shenfield, White House photographer, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 11:27 am.
- 564-005 10:10 AM · 34 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 11:27 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-156, August 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-156 (accessed October 12, 2026).