Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 328 › Conversation 328-032
Nixon & Haldeman on Public relations strategy and John Connally
Monday, April 3, 1972 · 3:05 PM–3:19 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate the administration's public relations strategy, focusing on delegating a speech assignment to John Connally to avoid presidential overexposure. They discuss the scheduling of a press conference and determine that Vice President Spiro Agnew should handle certain public appearances instead of the President. The conversation also addresses the management of upcoming meetings with key staffers and cabinet members, including Henry Kissinger and John Ehrlichman.
- Public relations strategy
- John Connally
- Spiro Agnew
- Press conference scheduling
- White House administration
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NARA Description
On April 3, 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 3:05 pm and 3:19 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 328-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 328-32
Date: April 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:05 pm and 3:19 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 328-30 (cont.)
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?]
Report on a speech
-John B. Connally
-Spiro Agnew’s comments
The President’s schedule
-Check with someone
-Speech
-Subject
-Press conference
-Time
-Check with Connally
-John D. Ehrlichman
John N. Mitchell
-Location
The President’s schedule
-A meeting with someone
-Ehrlichman
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Meeting with the President
-Arrangements
-Time
-Clearance with Connally
-A press conference
-Henry A. Kissinger
-William P. RogersAlso recorded on April 3, 1972
- 328-030 2:43 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:43 pm to 3:05 pm.
- 328-031 3:05 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:19 pm.
- 328-033 3:05 PM · 15 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 3:05 pm and 3:19 pm.
- 328-034 3:05 PM · 12 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 3:05 pm and 3:19 pm.
- 022-067 3:19 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:19 pm to 3:33 pm.
- 328-035 3:19 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:19 pm to 3:33 pm.
- 328-036 3:55 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:26 pm.
- 700-009 4:27 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:27 pm to 4:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 328-032, April 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/328-032 (accessed October 1, 2026).