Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-023

Haldeman & Rogers on Briefing procedures and Official record keeping

Tuesday, March 27, 1973 · 12:10 PM–1:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Rogers, William P.Conversation044-023 on Tape 44StartTuesday, March 27, 1973 at 12:10 PMEndTuesday, March 27, 1973 at 1:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-023 ↗

H. R. Haldeman and Secretary of State William P. Rogers coordinated a meeting to facilitate a briefing for the President. Haldeman instructed Rogers to meet with him first to provide necessary background information before Rogers proceeded to a scheduled appointment with the President. They strategically finalized the timing of these meetings and discussed the formal recording of Rogers's visit to the White House to ensure an accurate official record.

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Hello.
Hi, Bill.
Hi, Bob.
Would you be available this afternoon to meet with the president?
Yeah.
What's your time?
I'm fairly free this afternoon.
You ought to get together for a few minutes ahead, and let me give you some background, and then you ought to meet with him.
Okay.
What's the earliest convenient time for you?
You name it.
What is it now, 1?
Yeah.
2 o'clock?
2 o'clock.
That's fine.
Is it?
Yeah.
Okay.
You have an appointment with the president?
Yeah.
Oh, wait a second.
Okay.
How about 2.30?
You mean with you or the president?
With me.
That's fine.
Because the president's tied up for a few minutes at 3.
He'd be available at 3.15.
Okay.
tell my secretary i have an appointment with you uh no i i think you ought to say with the president the president yeah and then just in the building yeah just stop by my office on the way yeah okay i think your record ought to be a meeting with the president right okay okay thank you right bye

On March 27, 1973, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 1:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-023 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 044-023

Date: March 27, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:10 pm and 1:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with William P. Rogers.

[See also Conversation No. 423-3E]

       Rogers's schedule
            -Meeting with President
                   -Preparation
                         -Meeting with Haldeman
                               -Timing

Haldeman conferred with the President at an unknown time.

       Rogers’s schedule
            -Meeting with President
                  -President’s schedule
                  -Meeting with Haldeman
                  -Record of meeting
  • 423-001 10:58 AM · 10 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 10:58 am and 11:07 am.
  • 423-003 11:00 AM · 2 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Sally Inge, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Pierre E. Trudeau, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm.
  • 044-018 11:07 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:08 am.
  • 423-002 11:07 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:07 am to 11:08 am.
  • 044-019 12:05 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Pierre E. Trudeau talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:05 pm and 12:10 pm.
  • 044-020 12:10 PM · 7 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 1:16 pm.
  • 044-021 12:10 PM · 5 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 1:16 pm.
  • 044-022 12:10 PM · 37 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 1:16 pm.

Conversation 044-023, March 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-023 (accessed October 2, 2026).