Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-195
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Tax legislation and Congressional relations
Thursday, December 2, 1971 · 9:32 AM–9:38 AM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with H. R. Haldeman regarding the status of pending tax legislation and its impact on his scheduled trip to Florida. The discussion focused on complex congressional negotiations, specifically the campaign check-off provision and the potential for the tax bill to face defeat in the House of Representatives. Haldeman provided updates on legislative progress involving figures such as Wilbur D. Mills and Clark MacGregor, while also addressing broader concerns regarding the India-Pakistan conflict and other active congressional conferences.
- Tax legislation
- Congressional relations
- Florida trip
- Campaign check-off provision
- Legislative strategy
Audio
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NARA Description
On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:32 am to 9:38 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-195 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-195
Date: December 2, 1971
Time: 9:32 am - 9:38 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
The President talked with Haldeman.
Tax Bill
-The President's trip to Florida
-Congressional activities
-Clark MacGregor
-Campaign check-off provision
-Conferees
-Acceptance
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Lawrence F. O'Brien
-Conference papers
-Senate
-Rejection in House
-House vote
-George Meany
-Support
-Health
Congress
-Foreign aid conference
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] conference report
-Probable defeat of Tax Bill in House
-Allen J. Ellender
-India-Pakistan conflict
-William P. Rogers
The President's Florida trip
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo's conversations with Haldeman and the President
-Weather
Check-off provision legislation
-Possible statement by the President
-Gerald R. Ford
-Taxpayer expense
-MacGregor
-Haldeman's return callAlso recorded on December 2, 1971
- 015-188 7:40 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:40 am and 8:33 am.
- 015-189 8:33 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 8:33 am to 8:34 am.
- 015-190 8:34 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:34 am and 8:53 am.
- 015-191 8:53 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 8:53 am to 8:59 am.
- 015-192 9:09 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 9:09 am to 9:10 am.
- 015-193 9:25 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 9:25 am to 9:31 am.
- 015-194 9:31 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:31 am and 9:32 am.
- 015-196 9:45 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:59 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-195, December 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-195 (accessed October 9, 2026).