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

Nixon, Haley & Parker 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 on Tape 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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175945 ↗

AI Summary

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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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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Oh, how are you?
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Oh, yeah.
I see.
Uh, you could see the subversive after it gets used.
That's right.
All right.
I hope he's not.
No, he's not.
He's not.
But Lynchburg down there is.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, in that time of crime, we used to ride, remember, we used to get drunk, we used to talk, and we would ride down to the beach.
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.
It's at 12,000.
Your test is at 75,000.
75,000, yeah.
Yeah.
Well, that's that thing over there.
See that right there?
You've got it on my side.
That's right over here.
I want him to, where do you have one of the vials?
This is the presidential seal of the town.
This is the presidential cufflinks.
They don't have those on you.
You have to wear them.
They're just cufflinks, but if you do sometimes, you know why they do it.
They make it look like that.
I'll show you here.
In the name of Jesus, the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Amen.
The only thing that happens to the president is that we await the election of the vice president.
That looks great.
I don't know how it's going to be.
It just looks terrible.
It's the first one I've seen.
I don't know what I'm doing right now.
I can't get it on, y'all.
Yeah, I don't know what you're going to do if you get a hold of it.
The fact is that I've read all three of the Bibles, but some days, on these days, I'm going to be sorting it out, so I'm going to put it on my page.
But anyway, this is a resurrection Bible.
It's not an excursion Bible, but it is one that you can only present to God.
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.
.
.
Well, good luck.
Wonderful.
We're getting out, right?
and know that we must 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 it with Grace and Carl always being, cheering people up.
Right.
Right.
He's not in the lab because he's out of his job.
Yeah, he's passed in West Virginia.
Passed, yeah.
Let's see, there's, um, you know, Palm Creek out in Tennessee and, uh, and Arlen Hendricks in Texas.
That's great that you've done that, Mr. O'Connor.
Well, tell them that we met.
No, thanks.
I wish them the best.
Awesome.
Take care.
Take care, Doug.
You know, they keep up the spirit of your bird.
Yeah, they do.
That's what they do before they even tell us.
That's it.
You see, if you keep up the spirit without giving them the spirit, it's just a good thing.
Right.
That's it.
Bye-bye.

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  • 455-009 12:41 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, James Udall, Murray M. Chotiner, David N. Parker, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:41 pm to 12:45 pm.
  • 455-010 12:46 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert L. Kunzig, John B. Rhoads, A. N. Spence, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Cecelia D. Bellinger, David N. Parker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:46 pm to 12:49 pm.
  • 455-012 12:57 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, David H. Popper, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., David N. Parker, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:57 pm to 1:01 pm.
  • 455-013 1:01 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:01 pm.
  • 455-014 1:01 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. E. Sanders, Mrs. H. E. Sanders, Henry C. Cashen, II, David N. Parker, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:01 pm to 1:12 pm.
  • 455-015 1:12 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:12 pm to 1:13 pm.

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Conversation 455-011, February 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175945). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/455-011 (accessed November 2, 2026).