Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-046
Nixon, Haldeman & Kleindienst on White House security and Media relations
Wednesday, March 29, 1972 · 4:00 PM–4:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
H. R. Haldeman coordinated a discreet meeting between President Nixon and Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst to review the current political landscape. Following a brief exchange regarding a recent concert Kleindienst attended, the two men arranged for the Attorney General to enter the White House via the South Grounds and Diplomatic Entrance to avoid press attention. Haldeman emphasized the need for total discretion regarding the meeting, a protocol Kleindienst agreed to follow to avoid public speculation.
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NARA Description
On March 29, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-046 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-46
Date: March 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 4:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Richard G. Kleindienst
The operator placed the call on hold at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:48 pm; the
President and Haldeman conferred in the background.
[See Conversation No. 328-23A]
Haldeman talked with Kleindienst.
[See Conversation No. 328-23B]
A concert
-Kleindienst’s views
-Mexico City
-Transfiguration of Jesus Christ
-Length of performance
Kleindienst’s forthcoming meeting with the President
-Entrance to the White House
-South Grounds
-Diplomatic Entrance
-Discretion
-Library
-DiscretionAlso recorded on March 29, 1972
- 328-012 12:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 022-044 3:07 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:15 pm.
- 328-019 3:07 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:07 pm to 3:15 pm.
- 328-020 3:15 PM · 23 sec — 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 3:15 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 328-021 3:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 022-045 3:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 3:50 pm to 3:51 pm.
- 328-022 3:50 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 3:51 pm.
- 328-023 4:00 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Richard G. Kleindienst met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 4:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-046, March 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-046 (accessed October 1, 2026).