Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-094

Nixon, Haldeman & Ehrlichman on John Mitchell and Florida

Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 10:45 AM–11:10 AM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Mitchell, John N.Conversation013-094 on Tape 13 (tape position 03:22:35–03:26:00)StartWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 10:45 AMEndWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 11:10 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-094 ↗

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President Nixon, H.R. Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman coordinated with Attorney General John Mitchell to discuss scheduling for an upcoming trip to Florida. The group reviewed recent election results, specifically analyzing the political implications of mayoralty races for national coalitions. Mitchell agreed to align his schedule to join the President in Florida following his commitment to attend a dinner for Senator Robert P. Griffin.

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Mr. Haldeman, could I have the Attorney General, please?
All right.
The mayoralty thing should not give any encouragement, in my opinion, to the black, the young, the poor, what he is now, or doesn't.
I don't see any sign.
Where can they get one?
I don't see any sign.
Except for Boston, maybe.
Yeah, but that wasn't a fair...
They think he's over here at the Situation Room at a meeting.
Should I try to reach him?
Yeah, I'll hang on.
Uh-huh.
I must say that the others, Rizzo, you know, Perk is a big one.
You don't know him?
I don't know him, but I knew the issues up there, and I knew what Stokes was doing.
He was all out, you know.
He was really, really right on the line.
What issues were on the line?
That this was going to be the start of a national black coalition.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Mr. Attorney General?
Yes.
John?
Yes, sir.
Hi, sorry to bother you.
Not at all.
President's hopeful he's going to be able to work it out to go down to Florida this weekend and wondered if you could hold the time and plan to come down with him.
I've got that dinner out for Griffin on Saturday night.
Oh, boy, that's right.
Which is, I'm supposed to be the leading attraction, but show build, et cetera, et cetera.
You better not undo that.
Mm-hmm.
Okay, well, he just did hope to be a chance to... How long is he going to be down there?
Well, he'll be down through Monday, so maybe you could come down afterwards.
Yeah.
I can get out of there Sunday morning, I guess.
Right, that might be a good idea.
Or even Saturday night, if necessary.
Yeah, yeah.
If I can get transportation.
Okay, well, let me check back with you when we find out what the plans were.
He was just trying to lay out a general plan for the weekend, and that might work out very well.
Okay, sir.
Good.
I'll stand available.
Okay.
Right by him.

NARA Description

On November 3, 1971, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 11:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-094 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-094

Date: November 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:45 am and 11:10 am
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 301-7]

     Request for a call to John N. Mitchell

The President conferred with John D. Ehrlichman at an unknown time.

[End of conferral]

     Mitchell's location

Haldeman conferred with the President and Ehrlichman at an unknown time.

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       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[013-094-w001]
[Duration: 58s]

[See Conversation No. 301-007-w022]

     1972 election
          -National Black Coalition
                -Carl. B. Stokes
                -Shirley Chisholm
                      -Primaries
                      -President’s opinion
                -Democrats
                      -Blacks

[End of conferral]

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     Mitchell

Haldeman conferred with the President and John Ehrlichman at an unknown time.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[013-094-w001]
[Duration: 23s]

[See Conversation No. 301-007-w022]

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

     1972 election
          -National Black Coalition
                -Democrats
                     -Blacks
                          -Busing
                                -John D. Ehrlichman’s opinion
                                -Problem for Democrats

[End of conferral]

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[End of conferral]

Haldeman talked with John Mitchell at an unknown time.

     Mitchell's schedule
          -President
                 -Forthcoming trip to Florida
          -Dinner for Robert P. Griffin
          -Florida

Also recorded on November 3, 1971

  • 013-088 9:19 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:19 am.
  • 013-089 9:25 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph J. Perk talked on the telephone from 9:25 am to 9:26 am.
  • 013-090 9:59 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 9:59 am to 10:00 am.
  • 013-091 10:10 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:41 am.
  • 013-092 10:41 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Pete Wilson talked on the telephone from 10:41 am to 10:43 am.
  • 013-093 10:44 AM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 10:44 am to 10:45 am.
  • 013-095 10:45 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 11:10 am.
  • 013-096 11:10 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 11:10 am to 11:17 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-094, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-094 (accessed October 12, 2026).