Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 321 › Conversation 321-012
Nixon & Haldeman on White House Administration and Presidential Movement
Wednesday, February 9, 1972 · 2:57 PM–3:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed H. R. Haldeman to meet with him at the Executive Office Building shortly before his scheduled departure. This brief interaction served as a logistical coordination to finalize administrative arrangements or consultations before the President moved to his next engagement. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this segment.
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NARA Description
On February 9, 1972, 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 2:57 pm and 3:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 321-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 321-12
Date: February 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:57 pm and 3:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?].
Request
-Haldeman [?] to come to the Executive Office Building [EOB]Also recorded on February 9, 1972
- 020-085 2:51 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 3:36 pm.
- 020-084 2:52 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:52 pm to 2:57 pm.
- 321-011 2:52 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:52 pm to 2:57 pm.
- 321-013 2:57 PM · 23 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 2:57 pm and 3:15 pm.
- 321-014 3:15 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 3:40 pm.
- 020-086 3:36 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:36 pm to 3:38 pm.
- 020-087 3:38 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:38 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 321-015 3:40 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 3:40 pm on February 9, 1972 and 12:29 pm on March 8, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 321-012, February 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/321-012 (accessed October 2, 2026).