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Conversation 014-038

TapeTape 14StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 1:01 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 1:02 PMTape start time01:05:49Tape end time01:06:34ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operator;  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the logistics for a presidential press announcement to ensure optimal timing for ABC broadcast editing. They settled on a 3:45 p.m. start time to accommodate a subsequent National Security Council meeting at 5:00 p.m. Haldeman was tasked with communicating these arrangements to Press Secretary Ron Ziegler while maintaining strict confidentiality regarding the event.

Media relationsPress briefingSchedulingABCPublic relationsNational Security Council
AudioNARA Description

On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 1:01 pm to 1:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-038 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-38

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: 1:01 pm - 1:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Haldeman talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 298-5F]
     Haldeman's conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
          -Timing of the President's announcement
                -American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Yeah.
Mr. President, Mr. Haldeman calling you.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Hi, Bob.
Yes, sir.
Talk to Ron.
Four o'clock in the press room would work out fine.
Yeah.
That's the very latest because we'll be pushing ABC hard on film editing time and all that, but it's good.
If we ended at 4.30.
How about 3.45?
We'll do 3.45.
You know, Linda's Ron usually briefs.
He usually briefs at 4.00.
Well, I could go at 45, and that gives me a little bit more time before the NSC meeting at 5.
Well, the 4 o'clock is fine if we only run it for a maximum half hour.
5.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
So you're off at 4.30.
Right.
And then they've got an hour and a half before they go.
All right, fine.
Okay.
Don't tell anybody.
Right.
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