Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 325 › Conversation 325-017

Nixon & Haldeman on Pay Board and William Safire

Thursday, March 23, 1972 · 12:45 PM–1:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation325-017 on Tape 325 (tape position 03:14:07–03:18:03)StartThursday, March 23, 1972 at 12:45 PMEndThursday, March 23, 1972 at 1:00 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 325-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate the finalization and editorial review of an upcoming Pay Board statement. The discussion focused on organizing necessary documentation and delegating the revision process to William Safire, specifically concerning policy details related to the longshoremen. The pair resolved to route the materials to Safire for his final assessment to ensure the statement's accuracy before release.

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NARA Description

On March 23, 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 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 325-017 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 325-17

Date: March 23, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

     Pay Board statement
          -Proofing
          -William L. Safire
                -Revisions
                     -Longshoremen

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.

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No, just file the other file.

But when he comes over, he'll do that.

All right, come in here.

I gave you one other piece of paper.

And all of them come to Sure I See before we take another picture.

— 1 min 5 s with no transcribed speech —

All right.

Sapper, I've been running two bucks.

Let me get it to Bill and just see if he sees any problems.

He's been talking to Bill and all about it.

He's on a job that I need to revage for the main time.

I'm just picking them off the ground until it's harder.

And then I go my way and do it all in a second.

I know it's going to be hard, but I'm sitting there and just...

I'm going to throw people in the middle.

No.

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325-015 12:45 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Marjorie P. Acker, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm.
325-016 12:45 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm.
325-018 12:45 PM · 1 min — 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 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm.
325-019 12:45 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm.
325-020 12:45 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 325-017, March 23, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/325-017 (accessed November 3, 2026).