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Nixon & Haldeman on time management

Tuesday, November 9, 1971 · 8:45 AM–9:45 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation300-022 on Tape 300 (tape position 00:38:40–00:39:26)StartTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 8:45 AMEndTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 9:45 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 300-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman met to coordinate the President's upcoming daily schedule and agenda. The discussion focused on prioritizing key meetings and managing the timing of official obligations. They concluded the session by preparing to review and finalize the sequence of the President's priorities.

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Uh, let's go review the odds now.

Okay.

Let's see.

NARA Description

On November 9, 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 8:45 am and 9:45 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 300-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 300-022

Date: November 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 9:45 am
Location: Executive Office Building

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

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

     The President's schedule

Also recorded on November 9, 1971

300-018 8:45 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
300-019 8:45 AM · 11 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 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
300-020 8:45 AM · 5 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 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
300-021 8:45 AM · 3 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 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
300-023 9:45 AM · 1 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 am to 11:00 am.
014-001 10:27 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:27 am to 10:28 am.
300-024 11:05 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:05 am to 11:07 am.
014-002 11:07 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:57 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 300-022, November 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/300-022 (accessed September 30, 2026).