Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 275 › Conversation 275-017

Nixon & Haldeman on Delaware trip and John W. Rollins

Tuesday, September 7, 1971 · 4:55 PM–5:09 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation275-017 on Tape 275 (tape position 01:48:48–01:50:05)StartTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 4:55 PMEndTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 5:09 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 275-017 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417184169 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the logistics for a potential political trip to Delaware involving John W. Rollins. The discussion focused on scheduling a reception and dinner, specifically addressing the selection of committee members, dinner chairmen, and RNC finance officials. The President also planned an upcoming call to Major General James D. Hughes to discuss these arrangements.

Delaware trip
John W. Rollins
Political fundraising
Republican National Committee
Presidential scheduling

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NARA Description

On September 7, 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 4:55 pm and 5:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 275-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 275-017

Date: September 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:55 pm and 5:09 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

     President’s schedule
           -Possible Delaware trip
                -John W. Rollins
                      -Possible reception
                           -Timing
                           -Guests
                                  -Dinner chairmen
                                  -[Republican National Committee [RNC]] State finance people
                           -Dinner

     The President's forthcoming call to Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes

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I would...

uh get all of his meetings get all of the dinner channels and people that are going to work on the dinner and all that sort of thing there you're talking right but i mean just having it doesn't have to be a big one in other words

for the dinner for, and he could have an actual committee of people, he could have some dates with an ex-chairman from around the factory, and so on.

It's traffic, it's not traffic.

How would that be?

I'd do that before the dinner, and it's not in the way.

Play it, please.

It's about, I'll talk to you about it next year.

It's a free one, too.

It's flying, kind of.

I'll go back and talk to you about it.

Let me, let me talk to you about it.

Thank you.

Also recorded on September 7, 1971

275-016 4:55 PM · 1 min — 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 4:55 pm and 5:09 pm.
008-032 5:09 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:09 pm.
008-033 5:09 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:09 pm.
275-018 5:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:09 pm.
275-019 5:09 PM · 10 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 5:09 pm and 5:11 pm.
008-034 5:11 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph D. Albertazzie talked on the telephone from 5:11 pm to 5:12 pm.
275-020 5:11 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph D. Albertazzie met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:11 pm to 5:12 pm.
008-035 5:12 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:12 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 275-017, September 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417184169). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/275-017 (accessed November 2, 2026).