Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-002
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on John B. Connally
Monday, May 8, 1972 · 12:21 PM–12:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the schedule for an upcoming meeting with Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. Haldeman confirmed Connally's arrival at the White House, and Nixon promptly authorized his entry into the Oval Office. This brief exchange served to facilitate direct access for Connally to the President.
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NARA Description
On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 12:21 pm to 12:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-2
Date: May 8, 1972
Time: 12:21 pm - 12:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.
[See also Conversation No. 721-11A]
John B. Connally
-Meeting with the PresidentAlso recorded on May 8, 1972
- 101-001 12:07 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark MacGregor, John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, General Brent G. Scowcroft, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Herbert Stein, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 721-008 12:07 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:13 pm.
- 721-009 12:07 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:13 pm.
- 721-010 12:07 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:13 pm.
- 721-011 12:13 PM · 60 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, John B. Connally, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:13 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 336-008 1:15 PM · 1 hr 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, [David] Kenneth Rush, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm.
- 721-012 1:15 PM · 44 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 8:40 pm.
- 721-013 1:15 PM · 34 sec — Stephen B. Bull and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 8:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-002, May 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-002 (accessed October 9, 2026).