Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 343 › Conversation 343-011

Nixon & Haldeman on Senate address and Legislative strategy

Monday, June 12, 1972 · 2:45 PM–2:52 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation343-011 on Tape 343 (tape position 00:13:15–00:14:53)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 2:45 PMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 2:52 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 343-011 ↗

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President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss the strategic considerations of a potential address to the Senate, specifically regarding the optics and impact of such a high-profile appearance. Nixon evaluates the logistics of a proposed two-hour session, emphasizing the need to project strength and secure a decisive legislative vote. They conclude that Alexander M. Haig, Jr. should be consulted to further develop the plan and coordinate the presentation.

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NARA Description

On June 12, 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 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-011 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 343-11

Date: June 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:45 and 2:52 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person [H. R. Haldeman?].

     Possible Senate address
          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
          -Length
                -Television
                     -Effect
          -The President’s view
          -Haig

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I'm going to suggest, you might talk to Hague about it, because I'm pretty good at this sort of thing, too.

Because I've just been sitting here.

But this may intrigue me a bit, you know.

I mean, I've done the leaders, you know.

If you didn't see it up there, it would be about a good two-hour session.

So, oh, I don't care.

Two hours of it, but just for that, too.

Two hours, you know, and they lie, and you advance, and you let us off.

Let me say this.

It is an historic thing.

You go into a bigger room, bigger, I've been in a bigger campus since I was a kid.

I said, this is the beginning, and it's a very important month.

It must begin.

There are other people that have come.

It's very important that this be approved.

I want the strongest possible vote for it.

So forth and so on.

I don't know.

It's just that it's been a deal.

You get older.

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025-054 2:45 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
343-012 2:45 PM · 41 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 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
343-013 2:45 PM · 24 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 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
025-055 2:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jacob K. Javits talked on the telephone from 2:52 pm to 2:56 pm.
343-014 2:52 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jacob K. Javits met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:52 pm to 2:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 343-011, June 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/343-011 (accessed November 2, 2026).