Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 245 › Conversation 245-001
Nixon & Haldeman on Congressional relations and Administration strategy
Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 7:49 AM–9:20 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 min
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and H.R. Haldeman met to discuss administration priorities and strategic planning. While the audio quality is significantly degraded due to tape malfunctions and background noise, the participants addressed legislative relations and the sequencing of administrative objectives. The conversation ended inconclusively with no formal decisions preserved on the record.
- H. R. Haldeman
- Congressional relations
- Administration strategy
- White House tape technical issues
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NARA Description
On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 9:20 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 245-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 245-001
Date: April 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:49 am and 9:20 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 09/10/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[245-001-w001]
[Duration: 5m 13s]
[This portion of the tape is mostly tape noise with some muffled background conversation.]
Relations with Congress [?]
[Tape malfunction]
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Haldeman left at an unknown time before 9:20 amAlso recorded on April 6, 1971
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 245-001, April 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/245-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).