President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate staffing and public relations strategies regarding Treasury Secretary John Connally. The discussion focused on the timing and management of upcoming personnel announcements to ensure they aligned with the President’s travel schedule to California. The primary objective was to finalize a decision on when to publicly reveal these administrative shifts.
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 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 269-34
Date: August 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Appointments
-John B. Connally
-Treasury Department
-Announcement
-Timing
-President’s schedule
-California
-DecisionNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.