Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-101

Haldeman phone call on Anne L. Armstrong and Personnel management

Saturday, December 16, 1972 · 3:45 PM–4:27 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operatorConversation034-101 on Tape 34StartSaturday, December 16, 1972 at 3:45 PMEndSaturday, December 16, 1972 at 4:27 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-101 ↗

AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman contacts the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Anne L. Armstrong. The brief exchange focuses solely on coordinating this connection, reflecting routine administrative efforts to reach the presidential counselor. No further policy discussions or significant strategic decisions are addressed in this fragment.

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We can get it leaked.

Yes, PM.

Mrs. Haldeman, would you get me Mrs. Armstrong and Armstrong, please?

Yes, thanks.

NARA Description

On December 16, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-101 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-101

Date: December 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 4:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between
3:45 pm and 4:27 pm.

[See Conversation No. 382-13B]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 34-101 (cont’d)

       Request for a call to Anne L. Armstrong

Also recorded on December 16, 1972

034-099 3:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:28 pm.
382-009 3:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:25 pm to 3:28 pm.
382-010 3:28 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:28 pm and 3:45 pm.
382-011 3:28 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:28 pm and 3:45 pm.
382-012 3:28 PM · 29 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 3:28 pm and 3:45 pm.
034-100 3:45 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:27 pm.
034-102 3:45 PM · 25 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:27 pm.
382-013 3:45 PM · 1 hr 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), Anne L. Armstrong, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:45 pm to 5:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-101, December 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-101 (accessed October 5, 2026).