Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 281 › Conversation 281-016

Nixon & Haldeman on Supreme Court and Presidential speech

Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 10:30 AM–10:51 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation281-016 on Tape 281 (tape position 01:24:56–01:26:20)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 10:30 AMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 10:51 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 281-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate specific research data for an upcoming presidential address. The discussion centered on compiling statistics regarding the years of active law practice for various Supreme Court Justices. Haldeman received instructions to formalize this data to support the content of the President’s speech.

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The number of years of active practice total of the seven present members of the court that have...

The number of years of active practice total of the two men he knows that have...

Okay.

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 10:30 am and 10:51 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 281-16

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:30 am and 10:51 am
Location: Executive Office Building

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

     Assignment for unknown person
          -Statistic for the President's October 21, 1971 speech
                -Years of active law practice
                       -Supreme Court Justices

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281-018 10:30 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 10:51 am.
281-019 10:30 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 10:51 am.
281-020 10:30 AM · 6 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 10:30 am and 10:51 am.
281-021 10:30 AM · 7 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 10:30 am and 10:51 am.
281-022 10:30 AM · 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 10:30 am and 10:51 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 281-016, 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/281-016 (accessed October 12, 2026).