Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-023
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Staff management
Monday, March 27, 1972 · 9:21 AM–9:22 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the start of a private meeting following the conclusion of a staff gathering. The conversation served primarily as a logistical check-in to confirm that the staff meeting had ended. The participants agreed that Haldeman should proceed to the Oval Office immediately to begin their session.
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NARA Description
On March 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:21 am to 9:22 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-23
Date: March 27, 1972
Time: 9:21 am - 9:22 am
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Call from H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Haldeman talked with the President between 9:21 am and 9:22 am.
[See Conversation No. 327-4]
Staff meeting
The meeting with HaldemanAlso recorded on March 27, 1972
- 327-001 8:42 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 9:21 am.
- 327-002 8:42 AM · 18 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 8:42 am and 9:21 am.
- 327-003 8:42 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 9:21 am.
- 327-004 9:21 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:21 am to 9:22 am.
- 327-005 9:25 AM · 1 hr 6 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 9:25 am and 10:55 am.
- 022-024 10:55 AM · 46 sec — Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:11 am.
- 327-006 10:55 AM · 7 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 10:55 am and 2:53 pm.
- 022-025 11:10 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 11:10 am to 11:11 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-023, March 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-023 (accessed October 1, 2026).