Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 380 › Conversation 380-021

Nixon alone in his EOB office on 1972 presidential campaign and H.R. Haldeman

Thursday, December 28, 1972 · 12:39 PM–2:20 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation380-021 on Tape 380StartThursday, December 28, 1972 at 12:39 PMEndThursday, December 28, 1972 at 2:20 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 380-021 ↗

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President Nixon dictated a memorandum to Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman regarding the post-mortem of the 1972 presidential campaign. He specifically requested that Haldeman’s staff organize and manage the donor lists compiled by Maurice Stans and the Finance Committee. The President sought to leverage these records from the business community and the Business Council to inform future political operations.

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NARA Description

On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 380-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 380-21

Date: December 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

       1972 campaign
            -Instruction for Haldeman’s staff
                  -Maurice H. Stans’ list of contributors
                         -Finance committee
                         -Business Council
                                           -31-

                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 380-43 (cont’d)

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380-015 12:39 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm.
380-016 12:39 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm.
380-017 12:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm.
380-018 12:39 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm.
380-019 12:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm.
380-020 12:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 380-021, December 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/380-021 (accessed October 10, 2026).