Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 24 › Conversation 024-017

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Republican congressional leadership

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 8:04 PM–8:05 PM ET · White House Telephone ·18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation024-017 onTape 24 (tape position 00:16:55–00:17:12)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 8:04 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 8:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the final preparations for an impending meeting with Republican congressional leadership. Haldeman confirmed the attendance of the invitees, noting that Senator Margaret Chase Smith was unlikely to appear. This brief check-in served to finalize logistics and personnel expectations immediately preceding the formal session.

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Yeah.
Mr. President?
Yeah.
Mr. Haldeman calling, sir.
There you are.
They all ready?
Everybody's there except Margaret, who is probably not coming.
She was tentative.
Okay.

NARA Description

On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:04 pm to 8:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-17

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: 8:04 pm - 8:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 336-68A]

     The President's meeting with Republican congressional leaders
          -Preparation
               -Margaret Chase Smith
                      -Absence

Also recorded on May 9, 1972

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  • 101-006 9:44 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 9:44 pm on May 8, 1972 and 11:03 am on May 16, 1972.
  • 101-008 9:44 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 9:44 pm on May 8, 1972 and 11:03 am on May 16, 1972.
  • 024-018 9:45 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 pm and 9:57 pm.
  • 336-069 9:45 PM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Alexander P. Butterfield, Melvin R. Laird, White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, Charles W. Colson, [David] Kenneth Rush, Ronald L. Ziegler, George Meany, Edward R. F. Cox, William F. ("Billy") Graham, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 pm to 11:22 pm.
  • 024-019 9:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Melvin R. Laird talked on the telephone from 9:57 pm to 10:00 pm.
  • 024-020 10:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:00 pm and 10:04 pm.
  • 024-021 10:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:04 pm to 10:06 pm.

All 96 conversations from May 9, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-017, May 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-017 (accessed September 18, 2026).