Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-030
Haldeman phone call on John N. Mitchell
Saturday, June 10, 1972 · 1:40 PM–4:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
H. R. Haldeman attempted to contact John N. Mitchell via the White House operator to discuss matters that remain undocumented due to poor audio quality. The recording consists primarily of background noise and failed attempts to locate Mitchell, yielding no substantive policy discussions or actionable outcomes. This exchange serves as a record of administrative logistics regarding White House communications during the period.
Audio
This clip of the conversation was cut from the tape by the National Archives (catalog record ↗).
NARA Description
On June 10, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-30
Date: June 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:40 and 4:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/25/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[025-030-w001]
[Duration: 2m 51s]
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman requests to speak with John N. Mitchell
-Difficulty finding
[This portion of the tape is mostly tape noise with some muffled background conversation.]
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No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The recording consists entirely of tape noise, static hum, and very faint, muffled background conversation that is completely unintelligible.
Also recorded on June 10, 1972
- 025-025 1:40 PM · 11 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:45 pm.
- 025-026 1:40 PM · 5 min — unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:45 pm.
- 025-027 1:40 PM · 21 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:45 pm.
- 025-028 1:40 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:45 pm.
- 025-029 1:40 PM · 54 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:45 pm.
- 025-031 1:40 PM · 31 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:45 pm.
- 025-032 1:40 PM · 21 sec — the White House operator and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:45 pm.
- 025-033 1:40 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:45 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-030, June 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193683). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-030 (accessed November 14, 2026).