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Conversation 024-096

TapeTape 24StartMonday, May 15, 1972 at 6:45 PMEndMonday, May 15, 1972 at 7:07 PMTape start time01:51:59Tape end time01:53:40ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob");  White House operator;  Nixon, Richard M. (President);  Colson, Charles W.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AudioNARA Description

On May 15, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-096 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-96

Date: May 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:45 pm and 7:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 339-3D]

     Request for a call to Richard G. Kleindienst

Haldeman conferred with the President and Charles W. Colson at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 339-3]
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Yes, please.
Uh, Kleindienst, please.
Thank you.
I know.
No, the FBI isn't.
There's no federal violation.
The FBI doesn't have any jurisdiction.
Well, that's what they say now.
Let the FBI order it at my direction.
Certainly, the person can order it.
I'm directing them on the suspicion that it is.
I have no confidence in the Secret Service, Bob, and you know it.
I never have had it.
You've got another base.
Aren't it worth one damn?
A Secret Service official was shot, which is a federal official.
That's right.
On that basis, they can do it.
An Alabama state policeman was shot in the state of Maryland, too.
How much confidence have you got in Maryland?
None.
Oh, gee.
He was.
He's been on top of it since two minutes after the bill went off.
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