Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-153
Haldeman phone call on Kenneth Cole Jr. and John D. Ehrlichman
Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 5:35 PM–6:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 25 sec
AI Summary
H. R. Haldeman attempted to contact Kenneth Cole, Jr. via the White House switchboard to discuss urgent administrative business. After learning that Cole was traveling in Georgia, Haldeman consulted with an assistant in Cole's office to obtain contact information and facilitate a potential call to John D. Ehrlichman. Ultimately, Haldeman decided to postpone the outreach after determining the connection could not be immediately established.
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NARA Description
On November 2, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-153 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-153
Date: November 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:35 pm and 6:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.
[Conversation No. 32-153A]
[See Conversation No. 390-14B]
Request for a call to Kenneth Cole, Jr.
[End of conversation]
H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with an unknown woman from Cole's office at an unknown time
between 5:35 pm and 6:38 pm.
[Conversation No. 32-153B]
Cole
-Location
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Georgia
-Phone number
-Call to John D. EhrlichmanAlso recorded on November 2, 1972
- 032-151 5:09 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and 5:29 pm.
- 390-012 5:12 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:12 pm to 5:30 pm.
- 032-152 5:29 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:31 pm.
- 390-013 5:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 390-014 5:35 PM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:35 pm to 6:38 pm.
- 032-154 6:00 PM · 5 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 6:00 pm to 6:04 pm.
- 390-015 6:38 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
- 390-016 6:38 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-153, November 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-153 (accessed October 11, 2026).