Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 473 › Conversation 473-003

Haldeman on Rose Mary Woods and Telecommunications

Thursday, March 25, 1971 · 9:31 AM ET · Oval Office ·19 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob");  White House operatorConversation473-003 onTape 473 (tape position 00:41:11–00:41:51)StartThursday, March 25, 1971 at 9:31 AMEndThursday, March 25, 1971 at 9:31 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 473-003 ↗

AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman coordinates with the White House operator to manage the President's incoming and outgoing communications. The brief exchange focuses on locating the President and facilitating a connection with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. Haldeman provides instructions to hold the line until the President returns to the office to resume his scheduled calls.

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Let him sit down for a minute.
Did he bother?
I need you to hold her.
He'll be back in just a minute.
I'll have to pick up as soon as he comes in.

NARA Description

On March 25, 1971, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 473-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 473-3

Date: March 25, 1971
Time: 9:31 am
Location: Oval Office

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator
     President’s location

     President’s previous call [to Rose Mary Woods]

     President’s location

Also recorded on March 25, 1971

  • 473-001 8:30 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:58 am.
  • 473-002 8:58 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:58 am and 9:31 am.
  • 473-004 9:31 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:31 am and 9:50 am.
  • 473-005 9:50 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Steven Baker, Walter Byrd, Eileen Friars, Stanley Grimm, Jay Sternoff, and Robert H. Finch met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:50 am to 10:12 am.
  • 051-004 10:12 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Gen. George A. Lincoln, John N. Mitchell, George H. W. Bush, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gen. Robert E. Cushman, Philip J. Farley, U. Alexis Johnson, Samuel De Palma, Marshall Green, Henry A. Kissinger, John H. Holdridge, W. Marshall Wright, and Col. Richard T. Kennedy, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:12 am to 11:15 am.
  • 051-005 11:15 AM — John B. Connally and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:25 am.
  • 051-006 11:15 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:25 am.
  • 473-006 11:20 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dwight A. Ink, Alan Dean, Charles R. Perry, Donald B. Rice, Richard P. Nathan, Samuel M. Cohn, Charles Bingman, Wesley K. Sasaki, Emerson J. Elliott, Harry S. Havens, Earl D. Rhode, Carl W. Tiller, Rodger L. Greene, Raymond L. Walters, Seymour Blum, Russell Chapin, James Finch, Paul H. O'Neill, John B. Connally, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:25 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 473-003, March 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/473-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).