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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation325-017 onTape 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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Transcript (AI-generated)

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3:14:03I'll send it over.
3:14:06This statement, now who does it go to?
3:14:13You want to send it over.
3:14:21You come over.
3:14:22She's got a statement.
3:14:26Hello.
3:14:34No, just file the other file.
3:14:42But when he comes over,
3:15:02All right, come in here.
3:15:04I gave you one other piece of paper.
3:15:36And all of them, I'm pretty sure, I've seen before.
3:17:01I don't know how you can do it without me.
3:17:24Sapphire's been running too long.
3:17:25Let me get it to Bill and just see if he sees anything.
3:17:27Oh, he's been talking to Bill and all about it.
3:17:29It's on a car that I need to revage for the main one.
3:17:31I'm just picking them off the car until it's hard.
3:17:36And then I do it my way to do it on the second.
3:17:40I'm going to open the car and I'm sending it to Bill.
3:17:47I'm going to open the car and I'm sending it to Bill.
3:17:50I'm going to open the car and I'm sending it to Bill.
3:17:52I'm going to open the car and I'm sending it to Bill.
3:17:59You do?

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.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

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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  • 325-016 12:45 PM · 16 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.
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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 September 18, 2026).