Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 252 › Conversation 252-019

Nixon & Haldeman on Crime policy and Inflation

Wednesday, April 28, 1971 · 4:49 PM–4:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation252-019 on Tape 252 (tape position 00:43:21–00:44:23)StartWednesday, April 28, 1971 at 4:49 PMEndWednesday, April 28, 1971 at 4:50 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 252-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman meet briefly to coordinate strategy regarding an upcoming report on crime. The discussion focuses on the administration's public stance, with Nixon expressing concern that the report’s recommendations may be inflationary. They briefly deliberate on whether the administration should distance itself from the document to avoid political repercussions.

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Anything you want to go over with me before I... Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
I don't know.
I was...
The rest of it.
Well, that may be a little question.
Maybe I could say, well, that's a matter of...
under consideration of the administration, maybe I don't want to go down to the report.
The report?
I think it's inflationary, so... Well, it must be a thing of looking forward if you're tolerating the charges.

NARA Description

On April 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:49 pm to 4:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 252-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 252-19

Date: April 28, 1971
Time: 4:49 pm - 4:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

[See Conversation No. 42-69]

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  • 042-068 4:33 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:33 pm to 4:37 pm.
  • 252-017 4:33 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:33 pm to 4:47 pm.
  • 252-018 4:47 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:47 pm and 4:49 pm.
  • 042-069 4:49 PM · 3 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:50 pm.
  • 252-020 4:51 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:51 pm to 6:08 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 252-019, April 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/252-019 (accessed October 3, 2026).