Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-171

Haldeman phone call on telecommunications and administration procedures

Thursday, February 22, 1973 · 2:47 PM–3:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operatorConversation043-171 on Tape 43StartThursday, February 22, 1973 at 2:47 PMEndThursday, February 22, 1973 at 3:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-171 ↗

AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman requested that the White House operator initiate a telephone call. The brief exchange served as a routine procedural step to facilitate communication between the Chief of Staff and an unnamed party. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief interaction.

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NARA Description

On February 22, 1973, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-171 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-171

Date: February 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:47 pm and 3:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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

       Call request

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  • 411-017 2:26 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:35 pm.
  • 411-018 2:35 PM · 1 hr 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, William E. Timmons, Carl B. Albert, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:35 pm to 4:04 pm.
  • 043-219 2:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Carl B. Albert talked on the telephone from 2:45 pm to 2:47 pm.
  • 043-172 2:47 PM · 29 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:16 pm.
  • 043-173 2:47 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-171, February 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-171 (accessed October 1, 2026).