Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 177 › Conversation 177-003

Haldeman & Higby on Kevin Phillips and Political intelligence

Friday, September 8, 1972 · 6:03 PM–2:26 PM ET · Camp David Study Desk · 14 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Higby, Lawrence M.Conversation177-003 on Tape 177StartFriday, September 8, 1972 at 6:03 PMEndSunday, September 10, 1972 at 2:26 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study DeskSourceNixon Library record for 177-003 ↗

AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman coordinates with Lawrence M. Higby to retrieve specific political intelligence from the White House files while stationed at Camp David. The discussion focuses on securing a political report authored by Kevin Phillips for Haldeman's review. Higby confirms the request, establishing a task to locate and transport the document to the President's Chief of Staff.

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Go ahead, thanks.
Larry?
No.
Bring me over the Kevin Phillips, you know, political report.
Okay.
It's in the out stuff there.
Okay, fine.

NARA Description

H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 177-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 177-3

Date: Unknown between September 8 and 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:03 pm, September 8 and 2:26 pm, September 10, 1972
Location: Camp David Study Desk

H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with Lawrence M. Higby.

            Higby's schedule
                -Kevin Phillips report

Also recorded on September 8, 1972

  • 177-001 6:03 PM · 6 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
  • 177-002 6:03 PM · 23 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
  • 208-001 6:03 PM · 14 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
  • 208-002 6:03 PM · 13 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
  • 208-003 6:03 PM · 13 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
  • 208-004 6:03 PM · 13 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
  • 208-005 6:03 PM · 13 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
  • 208-006 6:03 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 177-003, September 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/177-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).