Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 224 › Conversation 224-023

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Meeting Logistics

Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 2:22 PM–2:24 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation224-023 on Tape 224StartTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 2:22 PMEndTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 2:24 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 224-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate the scheduling of an upcoming afternoon meeting and discuss the logistics of a visitor's travel to Camp David. They also address a clerical matter regarding missing form letters that the President requires for his current work. The conversation concludes with a directive to locate these documents within the office to facilitate the President's review.

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Yeah.
Just to interrupt you for a couple of minutes.
Well, with regard to this meeting, it will come in around 3.30, and we'll probably go in around 3.30.
If, uh, possibly we can get, uh, if, uh, if I could go over the... No, no, no.
No, I don't want anybody to pretend.
I just wanted you to come and meet everybody on the stage themselves.
Or he can come tomorrow.
That's easier.
That's easier.
Maybe it's so late for us to have him come tomorrow.
That's part of that deal.
Oh, yes.
Yeah, sure.
Sure.
So he can come and get back to Washington.
The situation, I can't seem to find these form letters.
It's not up to me.
I said there would be one.
You know, it's a good thing.
I checked with Rose.
So she said they were in your office.
She said they were in your office.
Maybe they don't have them, but send them over because I'm working on the farm.
I want to see what they suggest in version.

NARA Description

On November 14, 1972, 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. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 224-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 224-23

Date: November 14, 1972
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Time: 2:22 pm - 2:24 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

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

[See Conversation No. 153-17]

[End of telephone conversation]

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.
  • 153-017 2:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone 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 224-023, 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/224-023 (accessed October 9, 2026).