Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 156 › Conversation 156-022

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Vietnam War diplomacy and Political strategy

Wednesday, November 29, 1972 · 10:10 AM–1:47 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation156-022 on Tape 156StartWednesday, November 29, 1972 at 10:10 AMEndWednesday, November 29, 1972 at 1:47 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 156-022 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175817 ↗

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On November 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 1:47 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 156-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 156-22

Date: November 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:10 am and 1:47 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

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

[See Conversation No. 232-13]

       The President’s schedule
            -Meeting with South Vietnamese representatives
                  -Length
            -Meeting with black administration officials
                  -Timing

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

            -Meeting with Dr. W. Kenneth Riland

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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One schedule change.
We can't possibly do the South Vietnamese in an hour.
Put the blacks at 5 o'clock rather than 4.
Because I've got to have the time there to do whatever is necessary.
I want those blacks waiting around thinking they're hurt.
See?
5 o'clock for them and 5.30 for Ryland is fine because I don't need more than 15 or 20 minutes for that.
Right.
Okay.
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  • 156-014 10:10 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 1:47 pm.
  • 156-015 10:10 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 1:47 pm.
  • 156-016 10:10 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. W. Bush talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 1:47 pm.
  • 156-017 10:10 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 1:47 pm.
  • 156-018 10:10 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 1:47 pm.
  • 156-020 10:10 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 1:47 pm.

Conversation 156-022, November 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175817). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/156-022 (accessed November 10, 2026).