Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-061
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Congressional relations
Tuesday, June 13, 1972 · 5:29 PM–5:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed strategies for managing congressional reactions to White House initiatives. The conversation centered on the potential use of cameras and the drafting of a formal presidential statement to influence legislative perception. This deliberation served to coordinate the administration’s public communication strategy regarding specific congressional relations.
- Congressional relations
- Public relations strategy
- Presidential statements
- Media management
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NARA Description
On June 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-061 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-61
Date: June 13, 1972
Time: 5:29-5:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
[See Conversation No. 342-9A]
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/30/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[025-061-w001]
[Duration: 1m 49s]
Discussions between Congress and White House
-Senators’s and Congressmen’s reaction
-Two possibilities
-Cameras
-The President’s remarks
-Presidential statement
*****************************************************************Also recorded on June 13, 1972
- 025-058 3:48 PM · 36 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.
- 025-062 5:30 PM · 33 sec — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 5:30 pm on June 13, 1972 and 10:45 am on June 14, 1972.
- 342-010 5:38 PM · 28 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:38 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-061, June 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-061 (accessed September 30, 2026).