Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 329 › Conversation 329-031
Nixon & Kissinger on H.R. Haldeman and Administrative coordination
Thursday, April 13, 1972 · 1:30 PM–2:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 36 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger coordinated a schedule to convene a meeting with H.R. Haldeman and other staff members in the Executive Office Building. The conversation served primarily as an administrative bridge to facilitate the assembly of key advisors for a briefing or policy discussion. Nixon directed Kissinger to join him shortly, confirming the logistics for the group session.
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NARA Description
On April 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 329-31
Date: April 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
Meeting with the President
-Scheduling
The President's meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Kissinger's presenceAlso recorded on April 13, 1972
- 329-027 1:30 PM · 7 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 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-028 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-029 1:30 PM · 21 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 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-030 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-032 2:00 PM · 1 hr 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.
- 022-122 2:56 PM · 2 min — the White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:56 pm to 2:57 pm.
- 708-001 4:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:10 pm.
- 708-002 4:10 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Michael A. Dively, Christiane Garcia, Alan Cameron, Stephen Hess, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Rayburn D. Hanzlik, Howard A. Cohen, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 329-031, April 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/329-031 (accessed October 1, 2026).