Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 505 › Conversation 505-015
Nixon & Haldeman on Presidential memorandum and Dictation
Friday, May 28, 1971 · 8:47 AM–9:08 AM ET · Oval Office ·44 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met in the Oval Office to facilitate the presidential dictation of an official memorandum. The discussion focused on the drafting of this specific document to record executive instructions or observations. No further policy deliberations or significant administrative actions were recorded during this brief encounter.
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NARA Description
On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 505-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 505-15
Date: May 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:47 am and 9:08 am
Location: Oval Office
The President dictated a memorandum.
Dictation
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Haldeman [?] entered at an unknown time before 9:08 am.Also recorded on May 28, 1971
- 003-165 8:47 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:08 am.
- 505-016 8:47 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:08 am.
- 003-166 9:08 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:08 am to 9:12 am.
- 505-017 9:08 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:12 am.
- 505-018 9:12 AM · 1 hr 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, unknown person(s), J. Edgar Hoover, Ronald L. Ziegler, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Wilbur D. Mills, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 11:04 am.
- 003-167 9:16 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:34 am.
- 003-168 9:16 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:34 am.
- 003-169 9:34 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover talked on the telephone from 9:34 am to 9:43 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 505-015, May 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/505-015 (accessed September 18, 2026).