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.
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 AidConversation 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 ****************************************************************************** [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] ****************************************************************************** Page | 1 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 Haldeman left at an unknown time before 9:20 am
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