Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-165

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H. R. Haldeman

Tuesday, May 8, 1973 · 10:52 AM–7:38 AM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-165 on Tape 45StartTuesday, May 8, 1973 at 10:52 AMEndWednesday, May 9, 1973 at 7:38 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-165 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a request to initiate communication with the White House Chief of Staff. No further substantive discussion occurred during this recording.

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Miss, please.

Oh, uh, could you get me Mr. Haldeman, please?

Surely, Mr. President.

NARA Description

President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 10:52 am on May 8, 1973 and 7:38 am on May 9, 1973. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-165 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-165

Date: Unknown between May 8, 1973 and May 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:52 pm on May 8, 1973 and 7:38 am on May 9, 1973
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for telephone call
          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                                           -105-

                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                          Conversation No. 45-166 (cont’d)

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912-008 10:46 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 12:19 pm.
912-009 10:46 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 12:19 pm.
912-010 10:46 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 12:19 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-165, May 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-165 (accessed October 5, 2026).