Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 404 › Conversation 404-007
Nixon & Haldeman on Vietnam War and Vietnam Peace Settlement
Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 11:55 AM–12:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate the logistics and venue for a televised address regarding the impending Vietnam peace settlement. The discussion focused on the political implications of delivering the speech before Congress, specifically weighing the advice and perspectives of Speaker Carl Albert and Representative Gerald Ford. The participants evaluated the potential for a Congressional boycott and the broader necessity of securing legislative prestige for the administration's foreign policy announcement.
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NARA Description
On January 23, 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 11:55 am and 12:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 404-7
Date: January 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:55 am and 12:08 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Vietnam settlement
-The President's speech
-Location
-Carl B. Albert's view
-Importance of Congressional appearance
-Prestige
-Gerald R. Ford's view
-Albert
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 404-7 (cont’d)
Congress
-Boycott
Vietnam settlement
-The President's speech
-Location
-Albert's view
Haldeman left at an unknown time before 12:08 pm.Also recorded on January 23, 1973
- 036-069 11:31 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:44 am.
- 036-070 11:55 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:08 pm.
- 404-006 11:55 AM · 2 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, Raymond K. Price, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:08 pm.
- 404-008 11:55 AM · 23 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 11:55 am and 12:08 pm.
- 036-071 12:08 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:08 pm to 12:09 pm.
- 404-009 12:08 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:09 pm.
- 036-140 12:09 PM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 1:39 pm.
- 404-010 12:15 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:15 pm to 1:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 404-007, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/404-007 (accessed October 9, 2026).