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Conversation 035-117

TapeTape 35StartTuesday, January 9, 1973 at 3:25 PMEndTuesday, January 9, 1973 at 4:11 PMParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob");  White House operator;  Nixon, Richard M. (President);  Colson, Charles W.;  Bull, Stephen B.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman coordinates with Stephen B. Bull to arrange an unannounced, low-profile excursion for President Nixon and Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo on the White House South Grounds. Haldeman specifies strict security and aesthetic requirements for the vehicle, including the necessity of a seat divider and the removal of presidential flags. Additionally, he instructs that Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler be notified of the President's departure only after the thirty-minute drive is already underway.

Presidential securityLogisticsWhite House operationsBebe RebozoPublic relationsRonald Ziegler
AudioNARA Description

On January 9, 1973, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 4:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-117 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 35-117

Date: January 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:25 pm and 4:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

The President and Charles W. Colson can be heard in the background.

[See Conversation No. 401-16B]

       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

Haldeman talked with an unknown person in Bull's office at an unknown time between 3:25 pm
and 4:11 pm.
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                                                           Conversation No. 35-117 (cont’d)

       Request for Bull.

Haldeman talked with Bull at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 4:11 pm.

[See Conversation No. 401-16C]

       The President's schedule
            -Automobiles for ride with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
                  -South Grounds of White House
                  -Duration of ride
                  -Announcement
                  -Security requirements
                         -Seat divider
                  -Ronald L. Ziegler
                  -Security requirements
                         -Seat divider
                         -Flags
                  -Ziegler
                         -Notification
                               -Timing
                  -South grounds
                  -Stops
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Steve Boll, please.
Thank you.
No.
No.
Mr. Haldeman?
Mr. Boll's office.
Speak to Steve, please.
like a car on the south grounds as quickly as you can get it there to go for a little drive with bb all right he'll be out for about a half an hour and there'll be no announcement it should be a plane car and a plane follow-up car you know no station wagon or anything okay and he but he needs a car with a divider get the smallest car we have with a divider between the front and back seat after he leaves you may have to take a presidential car if you
Take whatever you have to take that's got a divider.
And don't use the flags or anything like that, you know.
Tell Ziegler after he leaves.
Half an hour after he leaves.
Right.
After he's been gone a half an hour, then tell Ziegler that the president went for a ride.
South Grounds.
South Grounds, and he's not making any stops.
All right.
So he's ready to go.
You know, he'll be over in just a few minutes.
I'll do it very quickly then.
Righto.
Thank you.
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