Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-051

Haldeman phone call on Constance M. Stuart and Telephone operations

Monday, March 13, 1972 · 11:21 AM–3:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operatorConversation021-051 on Tape 21 (tape position 02:02:23–02:02:30)StartMonday, March 13, 1972 at 11:21 AMEndMonday, March 13, 1972 at 3:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-051 ↗

AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman contacts the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection with Constance M. Stuart. The brief exchange serves as a procedural request to initiate this specific external communication. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed during the brief interaction.

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This is Haldeman.
Get me Connie Stewart, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On March 13, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 3:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-051 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-51

Date: March 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:21 am and 3:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 683-4C]

     Request for a call to Constance M. Stuart

Also recorded on March 13, 1972

  • 021-049 10:07 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:07 am and 11:16 am.
  • 683-004 10:15 AM · 1 hr 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, Croby S. Noyes, Constance M. Stuart, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:15 am to 12:01 pm.
  • 021-050 11:16 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Croby S. Noyes talked on the telephone from 11:16 am to 11:21 am.
  • 021-052 11:21 AM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Constance M. Stuart talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 3:50 pm.
  • 021-053 11:21 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 3:50 pm.
  • 683-005 12:02 PM · 1 min — Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:05 pm.
  • 683-006 12:02 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), Marina von Neumann Whitman, Dr. Robert Whitman, Malcolm Whitman, Laura Whitman, Josephine Pierce, Herbert Stein, Ezra Solomon, George P. Shultz, William L. Safire, Barbara H. Franklin, Paul McArdle, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:17 pm.
  • 683-007 12:18 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald S. Berman, Leonard Garment, William J. Powell, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 1:07 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-051, March 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-051 (accessed October 3, 2026).