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Conversation 262-008

TapeTape 262StartMonday, July 19, 1971 at 5:05 PMEndMonday, July 19, 1971 at 5:10 PMTape start time03:45:52Tape end time03:49:36ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");  Nixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to discuss personnel issues related to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally, specifically regarding staffing disputes and office appointments. They addressed Connally’s frustration over the hiring process for a secretarial position and the perceived interference of Charls E. Walker. The conversation reinforced Haldeman’s role in managing White House personnel matters and ensuring that administration staff remained aligned with the President's objectives.

John B. ConnallyPersonnel managementH. R. HaldemanCharls E. WalkerWhite House administration
AudioNARA Description

On July 19, 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 5:05 pm and 5:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 262-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 262-8

Date: July 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 5:10 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

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

     The President's meeting with John B. Connally
          -Personnel
               -Connally's effort to hire woman for secretarial post
               -Peter O'Donnell
               -Connally's relations with John D. Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Peter G. Peterson
               -Effort to hire woman
                      -Charls E. Walker
          -Handling of personnel matters through the White House
               -Haldeman's role
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/08)
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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I had a good problem with the man.
I don't know.
What I meant is he didn't want to be sure.
What I told him, no, no, no, what I told him, what I said, he said that I, that he said that he cared at all.
And I said, Don, I said, we've got a major problem.
Is it that way?
He has total confidence in us.
And total confidence in you.
Peterson, thanks for getting him all over the place.
So I just said, Donald, these things didn't happen.
I said, as far as the woman concerned, I said, I don't know.
You bring her back if you want her.
You bring her in if you don't have her.
And I think he just got the answer.
And he knows, yes, as I said, he just hasn't complained at all about it.
He didn't.
I think he just doesn't feel it.
He shouldn't.
He shouldn't.
Yeah, he shouldn't.
And I think that the other one, he says it.
It may be that all the woman, but twice that's where he says that actually he was told she was appointed before he saw Charlie Walker.
Well, you see, there's Charlie Walker lying down the seat.
And Walker may be the snake that was found here, too.
Well, anyway, I worked on some of those things.
Huh?
Yep, that's what I meant.
I did.
I told you to do it.
I said, next time I hope it doesn't work.
I don't know why it wouldn't work.
Disappointing.
Now the only thing that I would say is that sometimes you want to get saved.
I don't want people to think that they need, for example, that you want a person to be in your life and you'll be in your life now.
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