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Nixon & Haldeman on Wedding planning and Media relations

Wednesday, April 14, 1971 · 3:07 PM–4:20 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation248-012 on Tape 248 (tape position 00:15:03–00:16:11)StartWednesday, April 14, 1971 at 3:07 PMEndWednesday, April 14, 1971 at 4:20 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 248-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate the media strategy and logistical planning for Tricia Nixon’s upcoming wedding. The discussion focuses on managing press coverage, including a potential feature in Look magazine, to ensure the event is captured and presented according to the President's vision. Nixon instructs Haldeman to assemble a specialized team to execute these plans and oversee details that fall outside the purview of the First Lady’s staff.

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And work out the holes.

the whole deal is sort of planned.

See, I can guide this thing, by the way, if we want it done.

And then, like, I don't want to question, like, how should we do the look?

Make sure I'm right on the right place.

I mean, I know I'm planning and all that stuff.

We should do the look.

We're going to do the price and the age and do the road.

I'd like to do, for example, a nice sport magazine for something.

So that's sort of, how do we get the pictures?

I'd like to really get the business done.

in a way that Connie would never be able to plan.

But you can execute on it.

So you can do it.

You can do it.

You set up a little team to do that.

Fine.

Go ahead.

NARA Description

On April 14, 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 3:07 pm and 4:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 248-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 248-12

Date: April 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:07 pm and 4:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

     Tricia Nixon’s wedding
           -Ronald L. Ziegler
           -Unknown man’s role in planning details
           -Possible Look magazine story
           -Magazine coverage
           -Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
           -Haldeman and Ziegler

Also recorded on April 14, 1971

042-036 2:13 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 3:05 pm.
042-037 3:05 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:07 pm.
248-009 3:05 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:05 pm to 3:07 pm.
248-010 3:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 4:20 pm.
248-011 3:07 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 4:20 pm.
248-013 3:07 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 4:20 pm.
248-014 3:07 PM · 31 sec — 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 3:07 pm and 4:20 pm.
248-015 3:07 PM · 27 sec — 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 3:07 pm and 4:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 248-012, April 14, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/248-012 (accessed October 3, 2026).