Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-103

Haldeman phone call on Anne L. Armstrong and Communications

Saturday, December 16, 1972 · 4:27 PM–5:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 59 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operatorConversation034-103 on Tape 34StartSaturday, December 16, 1972 at 4:27 PMEndSaturday, December 16, 1972 at 5:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-103 ↗

AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman coordinates with the White House operator to locate Counselor to the President Anne L. Armstrong for an urgent conversation with Richard Nixon. After initial efforts to find her at the Mayflower Hotel prove unsuccessful, Haldeman instructs the operator to check with the Republican National Committee and contact her husband in Texas. The search highlights the administration's priority in reaching Armstrong for immediate consultation.

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Any luck on Ann Armstrong?

No, I've been going back to the hotel and I haven't been able to find her.

Have you checked her office to see what her schedule was?

Yes, she left the office at 3.45.

Yeah, did they know what she was going to do?

No, they said she was going to, well, the, when I say she's at the hotel, Mr. Haldeman, the hotel clerk saw her.

And I've checked every place over there.

I've checked the hairdressers and the coffee shop and the bar and I just can't seem to find her.

Are there any other places that she could go to in the hotel?

Try back at the National Committee and see if they have any idea what her plans were for the afternoon and the evening.

And also call her home and see if her husband has any idea where she might have been in touch with him down in Texas.

I need to catch her as soon as I can.

I know it.

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 4:27 pm and 5:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-103 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-103

Date: December 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:27 pm and 5:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.

[The President can be heard in the background.]

[See Conversation No. 382-13D]

       Call to Anne L. Armstrong
             -Status
             -Attempts to locate
                   -Office [Mayflower] Hotel
                   -Republican National Committee
                   -[Tobin Armstrong]
                         -Texas
                                             -84-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on December 16, 1972

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.
034-101 3:45 PM · 14 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.
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.
034-104 4:27 PM · 6 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Anne L. Armstrong talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:27 pm and 5:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-103, 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/034-103 (accessed October 5, 2026).