Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-017

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Patrick J. Buchanan and 1972 Election

Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 2:22 PM–2:24 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation153-017 on Tape 153StartTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 2:22 PMEndTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 2:24 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 153-017 ↗

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President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate the scheduling of meetings at Camp David, specifically planning a session for Patrick J. Buchanan to discuss future work assignments. The two agree to move Buchanan's visit to the following day to better align with the President's schedule, which includes a morning meeting with Vice President Spiro Agnew. Additionally, Nixon requests that Haldeman locate and forward draft form letters intended for post-election campaign acknowledgments.

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Yeah.
Yes, sir.
Just to interrupt you for a couple of minutes.
With regard to this meeting, you'll come in around 3.30, and we'll probably go to about an hour, don't you think?
Right.
That's what I was going to say.
Take about an hour.
Fine.
I was wondering if possibly we could get Buchanan to come up.
so that I could go over the things that I want him to work on.
Sure.
Perhaps he could be here then say at 4.30.
Okay.
4.30.
Could he make—yeah, that's easy.
It's only 2.30 there now.
Yep.
Fine.
The other thing is— Do you want him for dinner or just— No, no, no.
I don't want anybody for dinner.
Right.
I just want him to come and then he can eat.
But he can have dinner someplace else.
He'll want to go back down.
Sure.
Or he can come tomorrow if that's easier.
Maybe that's easier.
Maybe it's so late, let's have him come tomorrow and part of that deal.
We're seeing Agnew in the morning.
He could come in the afternoon tomorrow.
Okay?
Okay.
I could have started on that stuff.
Do you have to do it a little earlier than—do it at three o'clock tomorrow?
Oh, yes.
Yeah, sure.
Sure.
So he can go and then get back to Washington.
What is the situation?
I can't seem to find these forum letters.
They've been sent up to me yet that they're working on, you know, to thank people for their campaign efforts or— Let me check.
because I checked with Rosasov and she said that they were in your office or at least you had them.
I don't know if there are any.
I may have them then.
Maybe they don't have them, but in any event send them over because I'm working on the forms, working on the mail stuff now and I want to see what they've suggested first.
Okay.
Okay, fine.

NARA Description

On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 153-17
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 153-17 (cont’d)

Date: November 14, 1972
Time: 2:22 pm - 2:24 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

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

[See Conversation No. 224-23]

       The President’s schedule
            -Meeting with Halderman
                  -Length
            -Meeting with Patrick J.Buchanan
                  -Arrival
                         -Time
                  -Dinner
                  -Time
                         -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
                         -Washington, DC.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       1972 Election
            -Thank you letters
                  -Location
                       -Rose Mary Woods
                  -Form letters

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Also recorded on November 14, 1972

  • 153-015 2:05 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 2:05 pm.
  • 153-016 2:05 PM · 13 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 2:22 pm.
  • 224-021 2:05 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 2:05 pm.
  • 224-023 2:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
  • 153-018 2:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas W. Gleason talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:24 pm to 2:26 pm.
  • 224-024 2:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas W. Gleason met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:24 pm to 2:26 pm.
  • 153-019 2:26 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:40 pm.
  • 224-025 2:26 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 153-017, November 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-017 (accessed October 9, 2026).