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Conversation 024-087

TapeTape 24StartMonday, May 15, 1972 at 5:24 PMEndMonday, May 15, 1972 at 5:30 PMTape start time01:34:53Tape end time01:36:52ParticipantsWhite House operator;  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");  Connally, John B.;  Rossides, Eugene T.;  Nixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AudioNARA Description

On May 15, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-087 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-87

Date: May 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:24 pm and 5:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 724-8D]

     Eugene T. Rossides

John B. Connally talked with Rossides at an unknown time.

     Secret Service
          -Candidate protection
                -James J. Rowley
                -Edward M. Kennedy
                      -Announcement
                           -Ronald L. Ziegler
                -Shirley Chisholm
                      -Request for protection
                -Other possible requests

Connally conferred with Haldeman and the President at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 724-8]

[End of conferral]

     Secret Service
          -Candidate protection
                -Wilbur D. Mills
                -John M. Ashbrook
                -Chisholm
                -Samuel W. Yorty
                -Chisholm
                -Kennedy
                -Chisholm

     George C. Wallace
         -Assassination attempt
               -Information
                     -Reports
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Oh, yes, sir.
Mr. OCD is on the line.
Just a minute, please.
Jean.
Yes, sir.
Get a hold of Chief Riley and let's get a detail on Kennedy tonight.
And I'm going to announce it over here, I think, or have Ron... Shirley Chisholm's office called a few minutes ago and requesting protection.
She's arriving in about, I don't know when, at the airport here.
And it raises the issue of the other potentials, Shirley and a couple of others that may be... One thing is to request, whether you want to add Shirley...
uh on a temporary basis well wait a minute wait a minute charlie children's office call she's asking for protection now i guess let's do the kennedy first let's do kennedy and we can well the question is whether or not we want to do kennedy first or do two of them together or
Who else is left out?
You've got Mills and then you've got Ashbrook.
Ashbrook's not an active candidate.
Mills is not an active candidate.
But Shirley is.
Shirley Chisholm is.
And it would just be Shirley.
Yorty's out, really.
Yorty's out.
And they're talking Chisholm a lot more on the paper.
All right, run down the list.
Call the chief and tell him to be prepared on Kennedy and Chisholm both.
Right.
Fine, Mr. Secretary.
Okay, I may call you back.
Any more recent information?
No, no more recent.
We're setting it up so we get the report in a few minutes.
All right, get some and call us over here.
Right, sir.
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