Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-084
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Event scheduling
Monday, May 15, 1972 · 5:16 PM–5:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with H. R. Haldeman regarding his potential participation in an upcoming scheduled event. Ultimately, the President decided to proceed with the event while opting not to attend in person. Consequently, he instructed the White House operator to place a call to First Lady Pat Nixon to coordinate the situation.
- Pat Nixon
- Event scheduling
- White House operations
- H. R. Haldeman
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NARA Description
On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-084 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-84
Date: May 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator; the President conferred with H. R. (“Bob”)
Haldeman before the conversation began.
[See also Conversation No. 724-8A]
Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonAlso recorded on May 15, 1972
- 024-082 5:06 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:10 pm.
- 724-006 5:06 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:06 pm to 5:14 pm.
- 024-083 5:10 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:10 pm to 5:13 pm.
- 724-007 5:14 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 724-008 5:16 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, John B. Connally, Ronald L. Ziegler, Cornelia Wallace, Edward M. Kennedy, Eugene T. Rossides, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:16 pm to 6:06 pm.
- 024-085 5:21 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:21 pm to 5:23 pm.
- 024-086 5:24 PM · 10 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:24 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 024-087 5:24 PM · 2 min — the White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John B. Connally, Eugene T. Rossides, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:24 pm and 5:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-084, May 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-084 (accessed October 9, 2026).