President Richard Nixon met with H.R. Haldeman to coordinate the administration's response to the recent break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex. The discussion focused on leveraging the Central Intelligence Agency to impede the ongoing FBI investigation by claiming the inquiry threatened national security interests. This meeting resulted in a critical directive to obstruct justice, marking a pivotal moment in the administration's effort to conceal its involvement in the scandal.
On June 23, 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 1:16 pm and 2:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 343-34
Date: June 23, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:16 and 2:20 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President talked with H. R. Haldeman.
Meeting
(rev. Jan-02)No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.