Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 331 › Conversation 331-009
Nixon & Haldeman on Congressional strategy and Filibuster
Monday, April 17, 1972 · 3:48 PM–3:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss legislative strategy, specifically focusing on managing a filibuster and addressing the role of the committee chairman regarding subpoenas. The conversation explores the political optics of delaying tactics in Congress while briefly touching upon Vietnam policy. The two agree to defer deeper discussion of these sensitive topics until a later, more private meeting.
- Congressional strategy
- Filibuster
- John Mitchell
- Subpoena
- Vietnam War
- Legislative process
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NARA Description
On April 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:48 pm to 3:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 331-9
Date: April 17, 1972
Time: 3:48 pm - 3:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 23-8]Also recorded on April 17, 1972
- 023-007 2:43 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 2:43 pm to 2:50 pm.
- 331-006 2:43 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:43 pm to 2:50 pm.
- 331-007 2:50 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 2:50 pm and 3:48 pm.
- 331-008 2:50 PM · 31 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 2:50 pm and 3:48 pm.
- 023-008 3:48 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:48 pm to 3:59 pm.
- 331-010 3:55 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:48 pm.
- 023-009 4:56 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 4:59 pm.
- 710-001 4:56 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 4:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 331-009, April 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/331-009 (accessed October 1, 2026).