Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-058
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H.R. Haldeman
Thursday, October 26, 1972 · 3:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact his aide, H.R. “Bob” Haldeman, to arrange a meeting. The President specifically requested that Haldeman meet him at the Executive Office Building. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this brief administrative request.
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NARA Description
On October 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-058 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-058
Date: October 26, 1972
Time: 3:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 375-20]
The President’s request for a meeting with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Executive Office BuildingAlso recorded on October 26, 1972
- 032-056 2:41 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:41 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 032-057 2:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:50 pm to 2:51 pm.
- 375-019 2:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 2:51 pm.
- 032-059 3:13 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:28 pm.
- 032-060 3:13 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:28 pm.
- 375-020 3:13 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:13 pm.
- 375-021 3:15 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 4:00 pm.
- 032-061 3:28 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:28 pm to 3:29 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-058, 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/032-058 (accessed October 9, 2026).