Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 328 › Conversation 328-020
Nixon & Haldeman on Executive strategy
Wednesday, March 29, 1972 · 3:15 PM–3:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 23 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate scheduling and discuss private strategic matters. The brief exchange served as a precursor to a more substantive policy discussion between the two men. No specific policy decisions were finalized during this opening segment of the meeting.
- Presidential scheduling
- White House operations
- Executive strategy
- Nixon administration
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NARA Description
On March 29, 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 3:15 pm and 3:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 328-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 328-20
Date: March 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Haldeman’s meeting
Meeting with the PresidentAlso recorded on March 29, 1972
- 328-012 12:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 022-044 3:07 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:15 pm.
- 328-019 3:07 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:07 pm to 3:15 pm.
- 328-021 3:15 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 3:15 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 022-045 3:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 3:50 pm to 3:51 pm.
- 328-022 3:50 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 3:51 pm.
- 022-046 4:00 PM · 3 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:48 pm.
- 328-023 4:00 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Richard G. Kleindienst met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 4:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 328-020, March 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/328-020 (accessed October 1, 2026).