Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 274 › Conversation 274-020

Nixon & Haldeman on Stock market and Financial transactions

Monday, August 16, 1971 · 3:48 PM–3:49 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 42 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation274-020 on Tape 274 (tape position 00:27:49–00:28:28)StartMonday, August 16, 1971 at 3:48 PMEndMonday, August 16, 1971 at 3:49 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 274-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman briefly conferred regarding stock market activity, specifically discussing the sale of 31 million shares. The President requested that documentation regarding this transaction be brought to him for review. Following this administrative exchange, Nixon indicated his intention to depart for a round of golf.

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NARA Description

On August 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-020 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 274-20

Date: August 16, 1971
Time: 3:48 pm - 3:49 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

     Stock Market
          -Shares sold

     The President's schedule
          -Golf

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Oh, OK. Yeah, all right.
Yeah.
Bring it over.
I'm just going to dress here, and I'm going to go out and play golf.
Do you want to ride out?

Also recorded on August 16, 1971

  • 274-016 3:40 PM · 41 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 3:40 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 274-017 3:40 PM · 45 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 3:40 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 274-018 3:40 PM · 7 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 3:40 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 274-019 3:47 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:47 pm to 3:48 pm.
  • 274-021 3:49 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:49 pm.
  • 274-022 3:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 3:51 pm.
  • 274-023 3:52 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:52 pm to 3:53 pm.
  • 274-024 3:53 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Peter M. Flanigan, Dwight L. Chapin, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:53 pm to 4:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 274-020, August 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/274-020 (accessed November 2, 2026).