Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 462 › Conversation 462-004

Nixon & Haldeman on Nelson A. Rockefeller and Revenue sharing

Friday, March 5, 1971 · 8:08 AM–8:30 AM ET · Oval Office ·50 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)];  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation462-004 onTape 462 (tape position 00:33:10–00:34:06)StartFriday, March 5, 1971 at 8:08 AMEndFriday, March 5, 1971 at 8:30 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 462-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss a strategy to utilize New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller to publicly advocate for the administration’s urban revenue sharing initiative. The President considers joining Rockefeller for a press briefing to bolster the proposal’s profile. They agree that Haldeman should coordinate with Rockefeller to arrange his involvement in promoting the policy.

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I had an idea.
Why don't we use Rocky to go out to the press and give this thing a whack?
Urban Revenue sharing.
You know what?
Yeah.
Yeah.
He may be calling you, and he said he had come, I told him to come anytime now, but he didn't come this morning.
He could give a ring.
Why didn't you call him up?
Here's what I had in mind.
I said, maybe I'll just go out with him.
You're going to push me just back here on this piece.
You know what I mean?
You know what I mean?
Okay, fine.

NARA Description

On March 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 462-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 462-4

Date: March 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:08 am and 8:30 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with an unknown person

     Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

The President talked with Haldeman

     Nelson A. Rockefeller
          -Possible press briefing
                -Revenue sharing
          -Call from Haldeman
          -Possible press briefing

                -Possible appearance by President

Also recorded on March 5, 1971

  • 462-001 8:00 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:00 am and 8:07 am.
  • 462-002 8:00 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:00 am and 8:30 am.
  • 462-003 8:08 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:30 am.
  • 462-005 8:30 AM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, and Richard M. Helms met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:30 am to 10:15 am.
  • 462-006 10:15 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:20 am.
  • 462-007 10:15 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, and John C. Stennis met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:40 am.
  • 462-008 10:40 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:40 am and 10:41 am.
  • 462-009 10:41 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard Garment met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:41 am to 10:45 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 462-004, March 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/462-004 (accessed September 18, 2026).