Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 323 › Conversation 323-009

Nixon & Haldeman on Administration management

Monday, March 13, 1972 · 6:07 PM–6:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation323-009 on Tape 323 (tape position 01:12:12–01:13:11)StartMonday, March 13, 1972 at 6:07 PMEndMonday, March 13, 1972 at 6:08 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 323-009 ↗

President Nixon met with H. R. Haldeman in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief, one-minute consultation. Given the lack of a transcript or accompanying documentation, the specific subject matter and potential action items remain unrecorded. This conversation serves as an archival record of their brief administrative interaction during the 1972 election year.

Download MP3 (part 1) · 111.9 MB ·Download MP3 (part 2) · 107.8 MB

This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 01:12:12 into the tape and ends around 01:13:11.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:07 pm to 6:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 323-009 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 323-9

Date: March 13, 1972
Time: 6:07 pm - 6:08 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

[See Conversation No. 21-57]
  • 684-002 6:03 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:03 pm and 6:05 pm.
  • 684-003 6:03 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:03 pm and 6:05 pm.
  • 323-008 6:05 PM · 43 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 6:05 pm and 6:07 pm.
  • 021-057 6:07 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 6:07 pm to 6:08 pm.
  • 021-058 6:12 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 6:12 pm to 6:17 pm.
  • 323-010 6:12 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:12 pm to 6:17 pm.
  • 021-059 6:17 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:17 pm and 6:22 pm.
  • 323-011 6:17 PM · 11 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 6:17 pm and 6:22 pm.

Conversation 323-009, March 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/323-009 (accessed October 3, 2026).