Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-043

Nixon, Haldeman & Eisenhower on Family and Personal correspondence

Friday, March 10, 1972 · 3:07 PM–3:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 54 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation021-043 on Tape 21 (tape position 01:26:10–01:27:03)StartFriday, March 10, 1972 at 3:07 PMEndFriday, March 10, 1972 at 3:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-043 ↗

President Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and H. R. Haldeman connected briefly via a White House operator for a personal call. The majority of the short communication involves a withdrawn segment, indicating the exchange was private rather than policy-oriented. No official government business, decisions, or strategic developments were recorded during this brief interaction.

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Alderman, who's calling?
I have Julie calling.
Just a minute.
you

On March 10, 1972, the White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-043 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 21-43

Date: March 10, 1972
Time: 3:07 pm - 3:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 682-9A]

     Julie Nixon Eisenhower on the line

Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 682-9B]

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[Duration: 44s ]

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  • 682-007 12:40 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:45 pm.
  • 682-011 12:40 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:45 pm.
  • 094-004 12:45 PM · 33 sec — during the signing of contributions to International American Development Bank [S. 748], Asian Development Bank [S. 749], and International Development Association [S. 2010], President Richard M. Nixon, George D. Aiken, Wright Patman, William B. Widnall, William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, Galo Plaza, Carlos Sanz de Santamaria, Ortiz Mena, Henry J. Costanzo, Artemis Weatherby, Robert S. McNamara, J. Burke Knapp, John M. Hennessy, James E. Smith, Robert D. Hormats, John E. Nidecker, and the White House photographer met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 12:45 pm to 12:50 pm.
  • 682-008 12:50 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House photographer, Dianne C. Matthews, United States Secret Service agents, Stephen B. Bull, Arthur K. Watson, White House operator, and J. William Fulbright met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:50 pm to 1:10 pm.
  • 021-042 1:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. William Fulbright talked on the telephone from 1:00 pm to 1:02 pm.
  • 682-009 1:11 PM · 2 hr 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, John D. Ehrlichman, and Edward L. Morgan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:11 pm to 3:53 pm.
  • 021-044 3:23 PM · 54 sec — John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and Edward L. Morgan talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 3:53 pm.

Conversation 021-043, March 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-043 (accessed October 3, 2026).