Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-038
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Media relations and Press briefing
Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 1:01 PM–1:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 45 sec
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.
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NARA 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]Also recorded on November 11, 1971
- 298-006 1:16 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 298-007 1:16 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 298-008 1:16 PM · 22 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 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 298-009 1:16 PM · 12 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 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 298-010 1:16 PM · 10 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 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 298-011 1:16 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 298-012 1:16 PM · 10 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 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 298-013 1:16 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-038, November 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/014-038 (accessed October 1, 2026).