Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 16 › Conversation 016-079

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Camp David and Jerrold L. Schecter

Friday, December 10, 1971 · 3:05 PM–3:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 47 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation016-079 on Tape 16 (tape position 03:00:50–03:01:36)StartFriday, December 10, 1971 at 3:05 PMEndFriday, December 10, 1971 at 3:06 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 016-079 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417191407 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman consulted on adjustments to the President’s schedule to ensure a timely departure for Camp David. Fearing inclement weather, they agreed to move a meeting with Jerrold L. Schecter to 4:30 p.m., following the Revenue Act signing ceremony. Haldeman was tasked with informing Schecter of the revised timing and potential travel uncertainties.

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NARA Description

On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-079 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 16-79

Date: December 10, 1971
Time: 3:05 pm - 3:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.

     President's schedule
           -Camp David
                 -Weather
          -Jerrold L. Schecter
          -Signing ceremony
                 -[Revenue Act]
          -Schecter

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The weather is okay probably till 530 or so then it'll start closing and it'll get touch-and-go as it gets later in the evening.
With that in mind you might want to move Schechter up to 430 so that you can get out.
Unless you have something else you want to do after the signing ceremony?
No, I think that's all right.
You can have him at 4.30, yeah.
Just tell him to be available after that.
Right.
Tell him we don't know what the situation's going to be.
Right.
But if he could be available from 4.30 on.
Okay, sure.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 016-079, December 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191407). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-079 (accessed November 2, 2026).