President Nixon initiated a call through the White House operator to contact his Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served exclusively as a logistical coordination effort to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his senior aide. No substantive policy matters or further developments were recorded during this brief exchange.
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 3:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-152 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 24-152
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:22 pm and 3:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) HaldemanNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.