Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-108
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Personnel matters
Sunday, September 12, 1971 · 9:25 PM–9:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman engaged in a brief telephone conversation to coordinate administrative matters or internal White House business. The majority of the exchange was classified as personal and subsequently withdrawn from public release. No substantive policy decisions or political developments were recorded in the available portion of the transcript.
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NARA Description
On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:25 pm to 9:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-108 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-108 Date: September 12, 1971 Time: 9:25 pm - 9:33 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 7m 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 **********************************************************************
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Also recorded on September 12, 1971
- 008-101 5:31 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm.
- 008-103 5:33 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:33 pm to 5:53 pm.
- 278-032 5:33 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:33 pm to 5:53 pm.
- 008-104 5:53 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:53 pm and 9:23 pm.
- 008-105 5:53 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:53 pm and 9:23 pm.
- 008-106 9:23 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John A. Scali talked on the telephone from 9:23 pm to 9:24 pm.
- 008-107 9:24 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:24 pm.
- 008-109 10:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hobart D. Lewis talked on the telephone from 10:05 pm to 10:08 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-108, September 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 645078887). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-108 (accessed November 4, 2026).