Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 455 › Conversation 455-011

Nixon, Haley & Woods on Social call and Lynchburg, Virginia

Monday, February 22, 1971 · 12:50 PM–12:56 PM ET · Oval Office ·6 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haley, Carl W.;  Haley, Carl W. (Mrs.);  Woods, Rose Mary;  Parker, David N.;  Price, Raymond K., Jr.;  White House photographerConversation455-011 onTape 455 (tape position 03:31:41–03:38:01)StartMonday, February 22, 1971 at 12:50 PMEndMonday, February 22, 1971 at 12:56 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 455-011 ↗

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President Nixon hosted Reverend Carl W. Haley and his wife for a brief, informal social call in the Oval Office. Joined by White House staff and a photographer, the participants engaged in nostalgic conversation regarding the Reverend's birthplace in Lynchburg, Virginia, and shared personal recollections. The meeting concluded with the President presenting gifts to the Haleys and offering well wishes.

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Oh, how are you?
My old friend.
Yes.
Oh, yes.
I see.
That's right.
Yeah, that's right.
The old, my old partners, yeah, they had a lot of fun.
Those days, man.
Have you heard from him, Sal?
Yes, I have.
He was getting mentioned.
I saw this, uh, Lynchburg.
Oh, that's, uh, we have a whole, a whole town.
Yeah, that's right.
No, no, no, he's not.
He's not.
But, uh, Lynchburg down there is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is.
That's right.
That's right.
That's right.
That's right.
... ... ... ... ...
Oh, we do that category.
We had a big deal a couple of those days that, uh, that you, that you, that you, that you, that you, that you, that you, that you, that you, that you, that you,
How are you doing here?
Extending you an invitation to come out and worship with us some Sunday night.
Oh, $10.
Yeah.
Is it full of your testimony?
$7,500.
$7,500.
Well, that's that thing right there.
You see that right there?
You've got a mine site.
That's right over here.
This is the presidential seal.
This is the presidential complex.
but if you do sometimes, you know why they do it, maybe they'll take that out.
So, yeah, I'll see you here.
And that looks great.
I don't know how we did it.
We just moved.
Now I'm going to get a hold of it.
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A little nervous, probably.
Well, good luck.
Wonderful.
He's still got his own William H. Spine.
We're in and out, right?
And know that we've got to do that.
Well, we're so grateful for him.
He was always the upbeat guy on our track.
Everybody else would be down on the top of one of the greats.
Carl was really cheering people up.
Right.
Right.
Right.
let's see there's um
I'll be out of Tennessee and I'll be out of Texas.
That's great to be done there, Mr. Rod.
Well, tell them we met.
Well, I wish them the best.
Take care.
Keep your spirit up.
You don't need to keep up the spirit of your bird.
You don't need to keep up anything else.
You should keep up the spirit without giving them the spirit, which is a good thing.
All right.
All right.

NARA Description

On February 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Carl W. Haley, Mrs. Carl W. Haley, Rose Mary Woods, David N. Parker, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:50 pm to 12:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 455-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 455-11

Date: February 22, 1971

Time: 12:50 pm - 12:56 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Reverend and Mrs. Carl W. Haley, Rose Mary Woods, David N. Parker,
and Raymond K. Price, Jr.; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the
meeting

     Reverend Haley’s birthplace
          -Lynchburg, Virginia

     Recollections
          -Prices

     Photographs

     Presentation of gifts by the President

     Unknown individuals

Haley, et al. left at 12:56 pm

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 455-011, February 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/455-011 (accessed September 18, 2026).