Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 400 › Conversation 400-013
Nixon & Haldeman on White House management and Personnel
Monday, January 22, 1973 · 4:51 PM–5:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 18 sec
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President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met briefly in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative matters and the ongoing management of the White House staff. The conversation focused on internal personnel adjustments and the strategic planning of upcoming presidential communications. No formal records of the specific dialogue exist, leaving the granular details of their decisions undocumented.
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NARA Description
On January 22, 1973, 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 4:51 pm and 5:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 400-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 400-13
Date: January 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:51 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?].
Meeting with the President [?]Also recorded on January 22, 1973
- 036-042 4:05 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:05 pm to 4:06 pm.
- 036-043 4:06 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:06 pm and 4:13 pm.
- 036-044 4:13 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:13 pm to 4:14 pm.
- 036-045 4:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:14 pm.
- 036-046 4:15 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:15 pm to 4:16 pm.
- 036-047 4:51 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:51 pm.
- 400-012 4:51 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:51 pm.
- 400-014 5:00 PM · 1 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Walter R. Tkach, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 400-013, January 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/400-013 (accessed October 11, 2026).