Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-057
Haldeman & LaRue on Historical audio analysis
Tuesday, June 13, 1972 · 2:50 PM–3:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 min
AI Summary
H. R. Haldeman initiated a telephone call to Fredrick C. LaRue through a White House operator to coordinate communication between the two parties. Although the recording is heavily impacted by significant gaps, tape noise, and unintelligible segments, the interaction reflects ongoing contact between the White House staff and LaRue. Due to the lack of clear audio, no specific policy decisions or substantive action items were captured during this exchange.
- White House administration
- H. R. Haldeman
- Fredrick C. LaRue
- Communication coordination
- Historical audio analysis
Audio
NARA Description
On June 13, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Fredrick C. LaRue talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 3:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-057 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-57
Date: June 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:50 and 3:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 342-6A]
Request for a call to Frederick C. LaRue
The operator placed the call on hold at an unknown time.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/27/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[025-057-w001]
[Duration: 4m 58s]
[The first 1m 19s portion of this withdrawal appears to be blank. However, conversations may
have taken place.]
[See Conversation No. 342-6B]
Haldeman requested a call with Frederick C. LaRue, and the operator placed the call on hold at
an unknown time between 2:50 and 3:30 pm.
[The following 56s portion of this withdrawal appears to be blank. However, conversations may
have taken place.]
Greetings
[See Conversation No. 342-6C]
Haldeman talked with LaRue at an unknown time between 2:50 and 3:30 pm.
[The following 1m47s of this withdrawal is mostly tape noise with occasional muffled
conversation]
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Also recorded on June 13, 1972
- 342-001 1:18 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 342-006 2:50 PM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Fredrick C. LaRue, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 4:14 pm.
- 025-058 3:48 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm.
- 025-059 3:49 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:24 pm.
- 342-007 3:49 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:14 pm.
- 025-060 4:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm.
- 342-008 4:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm.
- 342-009 4:17 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:17 pm to 5:38 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-057, June 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193737). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-057 (accessed November 14, 2026).