Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 281 › Conversation 281-011

Nixon & Haldeman on White House scheduling and American Bar Association

Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 9:51 AM–10:06 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 35 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation281-011 on Tape 281 (tape position 00:58:16–00:58:47)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 9:51 AMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 10:06 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 281-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate White House administrative matters and media strategy. The discussion touched upon the scheduling of the President, interactions with the Attorney General, and potential outreach involving the American Bar Association. The two assessed the status of ongoing preparations to ensure that current executive initiatives remained on track.

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Ziegler doesn't need to call me.
Go right ahead on everything's all set now.
Don's out.
We'll be talking to the attorney general.
And just go home.
Give no indication whatever.
If the question of the fire comes up, well, I'll tell you, you and he come over and I've got to tell you this.
In the debate of the confirmation of the two men, of the two individuals I have selected, who will be charged, they are conservatives.

NARA Description

On October 21, 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 9:51 am and 10:06 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 281-11

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:51 am and 10:06 am
Location: Executive Office Building

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

     Media
         -Ronald L. Ziegler
         -Attorney General
         -American Bar Association [ABA]
         -The President's schedule

Also recorded on October 21, 1971

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  • 012-030 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:51 am.
  • 281-009 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 am to 9:51 am.
  • 012-031 9:51 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:51 am.
  • 012-032 9:51 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:51 am.
  • 281-010 9:51 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:06 am.
  • 281-012 9:51 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:06 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 281-011, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).