Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 354 › Conversation 354-008
Nixon & Haldeman on White House administration and Presidential records
Monday, October 2, 1972 · 1:40 PM–2:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with H. R. Haldeman in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss confidential administrative or personal matters. The majority of the meeting's content remains restricted due to the withdrawal of the primary recording segment. Consequently, no substantive policy decisions or actionable directives are available for historical analysis from this specific transcript.
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NARA Description
On October 2, 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 1:40 pm and 2:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 354-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 354-8 Date: October 2, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 10m 59s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on October 2, 1972
- 790-015 12:39 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:43 pm.
- 790-016 12:39 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:43 pm.
- 790-018 12:43 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:43 pm to 1:40 pm.
- 354-006 1:40 PM · 22 sec — 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 1:40 pm and 2:37 pm.
- 354-007 1:40 PM · 13 sec — 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 1:40 pm and 2:37 pm.
- 030-041 2:37 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:37 pm.
- 354-009 2:37 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:37 pm.
- 354-010 2:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:40 pm to 3:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 354-008, October 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/354-008 (accessed October 1, 2026).