Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 145 › Conversation 145-005

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on John Connally and Campaign strategy

Saturday, September 30, 1972 · 2:42 PM–2:45 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation145-005 on Tape 145StartSaturday, September 30, 1972 at 2:42 PMEndSaturday, September 30, 1972 at 2:45 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 145-005 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175405 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed H.R. Haldeman to arrange a private meeting with John Connally and George Christian early the following week to discuss campaign plans and evaluations. Nixon emphasized his preference for a separate dialogue with Connally, requesting that the meeting be scheduled to avoid interfering with Connally's previously arranged taping sessions. The discussion also included a brief review of ongoing telephoning poll priorities across various key states.

John Connally
Campaign strategy
Political polling
Scheduling
George Christian

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NARA Description

On September 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:42 pm to 2:45 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 145-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 145-5

Date: September 30, 1972
Time: 2:42 pm - 2:45 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

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

[See Conversation No. 214-4]

            The President's schedule
                -John B. Connally
                    -Meeting with the President
                    -George Christian
                    -Public statement

                    -Christian

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 08/21/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
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[145-005-w001]
[Duration: 2m 21s]

      Telephoning poll
            -Priority
                     -California
                     -Michigan
                     -California
            -Wisconsin
            -California
            -Ohio
            -Missouri
            -California
            -Michigan
            -New York
            -Pennsylvania
            -Illinois
            -Ohio
            -Texas
                     -Chicago Tribune poll
            -California
            -Field poll
            -Dorothy D. Corey poll
                     -California
                     -Accuracy

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Yeah.

Yes, sir.

Bob, one thing I wanted to tell you, I'd like to have a talk with John Connolly and, you know, for, and if he'd like to bring Christian, I'd like to see him separately early in the week.

I think it's important to keep a sort of a separate dialogue going there, too, and also it's useful for me to talk to him without the others being present.

Okay.

So if you would just let John know today that

I don't want it after he's done his taping see okay so that doesn't interfere with his taping he's doing that Monday isn't he I think so that's the plan now and so we could do that on Tuesday maybe with Christian if he wants to yeah if he wants or without if he'd prefer but I just I just want to talk about general his own plans and so forth and what he's doing so that we can right get his evaluation of things at that time okay good

Also recorded on September 30, 1972

145-002 2:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 2:32 pm.
145-003 2:32 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:32 pm to 2:36 pm.
214-003 2:32 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:32 pm to 2:36 pm.
145-004 2:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 2:42 pm.
214-004 2:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:42 pm to 2:45 pm.
145-006 2:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:51 pm.
145-007 2:51 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:51 pm to 2:59 pm.
214-005 2:51 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:51 pm to 2:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 145-005, September 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175405). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/145-005 (accessed November 2, 2026).