Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-094

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Correspondence and Robert H. Taylor

Thursday, February 15, 1973 · 4:34 PM–4:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation043-094 on Tape 43StartThursday, February 15, 1973 at 4:34 PMEndThursday, February 15, 1973 at 4:35 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-094 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed the administrative handling of Robert H. Taylor and William L. Duncan. They decided to immediately mail requested letters to both individuals to resolve the matter. Furthermore, they agreed to schedule a photograph session with the President for the following week and tasked Stephen Bull with facilitating the arrangements.

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Mr. Haldeman calling you.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah, Bob.

Yes, sir.

Yeah.

I was calling you just a minute.

Somebody else was on the phone with me for a moment ago.

Just a second.

Let me look at this note.

Okay.

to me that the best thing to do with regard to taylor and duncan would be to send the letters now and then maybe have them come in next week for the picture what do you think i think that's a good idea and uh this is blown over the letters are there on my desk until uh i'll go in you're going in and mail them out okay fine in the next week we'll just have them come in for a picture okay fine sure but to tell steve or whoever it is to put in a picture thank you

NARA Description

On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:34 pm to 4:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-094 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-94

Date: February 15, 1973
Time: 4:34 pm - 4:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 410-25]

       The President’s schedule
            -Robert H. Taylor and William L. Duncan
                  -Letters
                  -Photographs with the President
            -Stephen B. Bull

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043-096 4:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 4:42 pm to 4:44 pm.
043-097 4:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft talked on the telephone from 4:50 pm to 4:52 pm.
043-098 4:52 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 4:54 pm.
043-099 4:54 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:54 pm to 4:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-094, February 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-094 (accessed October 1, 2026).