Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-048
Haldeman & Chapin on Staff coordination
Thursday, October 26, 1972 · 10:01 AM–11:04 AM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec
AI Summary
H. R. Haldeman initiated a telephone call to Dwight L. Chapin via the White House operator to facilitate a direct conversation. Due to the withdrawal of the recorded audio for personal reasons, no specific policy or political topics are available for analysis. The primary action item was the successful establishment of a line of communication between the two senior staff members.
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NARA Description
On October 26, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-048 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-048
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Date: October 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:01 am and 11:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Dwight L. Chapin.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/02/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[032-048-w001]
[Duration: 1m 49s]
Haldeman talked with Chapin at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:16 pm.
The President's campaign schedule
Trip to West Virginia
-Governor Arch Moore
-Helicopter
-The President's plane
[End of conferral]
H.R. Haldeman talked with Chapin at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:16 pm.
[See conversation No. 375-5D]
The President's trip to West Virginia
-Airport in Huntington
-Distance from Ashland, Kentucky
Chapin conferred with Ronald L. Ziegler at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:16 pm
Press plane
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[End of conferral]
The President's trip to West Virginia
-Takeoff from West Virginia
-Call to Governor Moore
-Presence in Huntington
-Send a chopper
The President conferred with H.R. Haldeman at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:16
pm
Clark MacGregor
[End of conferral]
The President's trip to West Virginia
-MacGregor's call to Moore
******************************************************************************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.
- 032-047 10:01 AM · 16 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-048, October 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-048 (accessed October 9, 2026).