Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-047
Haldeman & Chapin on 1972 election
Thursday, October 26, 1972 · 10:01 AM–11:04 AM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec
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NARA Description
On October 26, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 11:04 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-047 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-047
Date: October 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:01 am and 11:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with Dwight L. Chapin.
[See Conversation No. 375-5C]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/02/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[032-047-w001]
[Duration: 1m 21s]
The President's campaign schedule
-Trip to West Virginia
-Governor Arch Moore's presence
-Departure from airport in Huntington
-Location
-Ashland, Kentucky
-Moore
-The President's plane
-Meeting with the President
-Comparison with meeting with John Tower
-Suffolk
The President conferred with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time between 10:01 a.m.
and 12:16 p.m.
Band
The President's schedule
-Crowd size in West Virginia
-Comparison to Suffolk
-Television coverage
-Moore
-Clark MacGregor call
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s view
-Chapin’s opinion
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Also recorded on October 26, 1972
- 032-044 10:01 AM · 25 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 11:04 am.
- 032-045 10:01 AM · 11 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 11:04 am.
- 032-046 10:01 AM · 12 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 11:04 am.
- 032-048 10:01 AM · 20 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 11:04 am.
- 032-049 10:01 AM · 44 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:16 pm.
- 032-050 10:01 AM · 22 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:16 pm.
- 032-051 10:01 AM · 18 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:16 pm.
- 032-052 10:01 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:36 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-047, October 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193993). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-047 (accessed November 1, 2026).