Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 269 › Conversation 269-010

Nixon & Haldeman on John B. Connally and Executive Office Building

Tuesday, August 3, 1971 · 9:48 AM–9:53 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation269-010 on Tape 269 (tape position 01:31:25–01:35:39)StartTuesday, August 3, 1971 at 9:48 AMEndTuesday, August 3, 1971 at 9:53 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 269-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon coordinated with H. R. Haldeman to arrange a meeting with Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. The President directed that the appointment be scheduled between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the Executive Office Building, specifically requesting that Connally maintain the existing plans.

Audio

Download MP3 (part 1) · 111.8 MB ·Download MP3 (part 2) · 111.5 MB ·Download MP3 (part 3) · 111.8 MB ·Download MP3 (part 4) · 29.1 MB

This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 01:31:25 into the tape and ends around 01:35:39.

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

1:31:32I'd like to see Connolly, tell him any time between 10.30 and 12.30, or 12.30, yeah, that it suits his convenience.

1:31:37I'm getting a little, here's the EOB, so for him not to change it right now.

1:31:47And, that's all I have right here now.

1:31:56Do you have anything else of importance?

1:32:03Okay.

NARA Description

On August 3, 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 9:48 am and 9:53 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 269-10

Date: August 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:48 am and 9:53 am
Location: Executive Office Building

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

     President's schedule
          -John B. Connally
                 -Meeting with President
                      -Time
                      -Executive Office Building [EOB]

Also recorded on August 3, 1971

269-009 9:48 AM · 42 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 9:48 am and 9:53 am.
269-011 9:48 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 9:53 am.
269-012 9:53 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Willie J. Usery, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:53 am to 9:56 am.
269-013 9:57 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. Hodgson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:57 am to 9:58 am.
269-014 9:59 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Curtis Counts met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:59 am to 10:02 am.
269-015 10:02 AM · 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 10:02 am and 10:19 am.
269-016 10:02 AM · 9 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 10:02 am and 10:19 am.
269-017 10:02 AM · 3 min — 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 10:02 am and 10:19 am.

All 51 conversations from August 3, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 269-010, August 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/269-010 (accessed October 23, 2026).