Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 395 › Conversation 395-010

Nixon & Haldeman on White House scheduling and Staff management

Wednesday, January 10, 1973 · 3:46 PM–3:49 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 41 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation395-010 on Tape 395StartWednesday, January 10, 1973 at 3:46 PMEndWednesday, January 10, 1973 at 3:49 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 395-010 ↗

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman briefly review the President's upcoming daily schedule and internal staff movements. The discussion centers on coordinating meetings involving John Ehrlichman, Stephen Bull, and Charles Colson to ensure the President remains fully briefed on ongoing administrative matters. No major policy decisions are reached, as the participants focus on logistics and the management of executive appointments.

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Oh, uh, Steve was just in and said that John, uh, I didn't want to be damn sure that, uh, that, uh, that I don't come on the blind side of this stuff.
It's about, it's about which we, uh, so forth and so on.
I'm not going to post it on it, so, so, uh, we'll check it out later.
I'll see you in a minute, but, uh, except for that, uh,
Yeah.
Yeah, maybe you could...
Okay, yeah.

On January 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 395-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 395-10

Date: January 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:46 pm and 3:49 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?]

       The President's schedule
            -Stephen B. Bull
                  -Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman
                         -Donald A. Webster and Lewis Engman appointments
                         -Charles W. Colson
  • 395-007 3:35 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Melvin R. Laird met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 035-123 3:41 PM · 6 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:41 pm to 3:46 pm.
  • 395-008 3:41 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:41 pm to 3:46 pm.
  • 395-009 3:46 PM · 26 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 3:46 pm and 3:49 pm.
  • 035-124 3:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dan Rowan, and Dick Martin talked on the telephone from 3:49 pm to 3:50 pm.
  • 395-011 3:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dan Rowan, and Dick Martin met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:49 pm to 3:50 pm.
  • 035-125 3:50 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 7:28 pm.
  • 395-012 3:50 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 4:11 pm.

Conversation 395-010, January 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/395-010 (accessed October 11, 2026).