Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 256 › Conversation 256-012

Nixon & Haldeman on Henry Kissinger and Presidential agenda

Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 9:14 AM–11:25 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation256-012 on Tape 256 (tape position 00:09:54–00:12:55)StartTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 9:14 AMEndTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 11:25 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 256-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with H. R. Haldeman in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate the President's upcoming daily schedule. The primary focus of the discussion concerned logistical arrangements for a forthcoming meeting involving Henry Kissinger. No further substantive policy decisions were finalized during this brief administrative exchange.

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NARA Description

On June 1, 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 256-12

Date: June 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:14 am and 11:25 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?]

     President’s schedule
          -Forthcoming meeting
          -Henry A. Kissinger

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You didn't get enough play in China that didn't happen, right?

Well, yes, they did get it.

The guy just wasn't there.

At first we didn't hold it up.

They asked us to help.

They've got to help us improve.

Our song came back to the networks and had been played so heavily, the negative stuff.

makes our side new, and therefore news.

And that, and therefore people say, well, maybe there is another son.

There's always these things, there's always a counteraction.

And there's the efforts of both, they've all overplayed the other side.

There would be a moral war.

I don't know.

I would always blame on things that we believe in.

Okay.

I, uh, had to be, uh, already, like, on date on, uh, sites, and, uh, 3.30, uh, I had, I had to turn them over, and, uh, I guess, that's pretty good, in this case, for, uh, listening, I mean, so, I, I, you know, you know, I, I always, you know, I always, you know, I always, you know, I always, you know, I always, you know,

I'm trying to see if I can pull it out of here or something.

Do you want to check me out on that project?

Where are you coming from?

She said, he's stubborn enough to know what you're making out of it.

I think he probably appreciates what I say about it.

And also, we can do it on this basis, because it's only a temporary thing.

If we get this one, if we get this one, I'll cut the other one.

I don't know.

I was getting this, but I remember that they were doing a wall on this foundation.

Also recorded on June 1, 1971

256-002 9:14 AM · 34 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
256-003 9:14 AM · 26 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
256-004 9:14 AM · 26 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
256-005 9:14 AM · 54 sec — 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
256-006 9:14 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
256-007 9:14 AM · 46 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
256-008 9:14 AM · 4 min — 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
256-009 9:14 AM · 59 sec — 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 256-012, June 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/256-012 (accessed November 11, 2026).