Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 580 › Conversation 580-015
Nixon & Haldeman on Executive Office Building and Administrative logistics
Wednesday, September 29, 1971 · 1:08 PM–1:15 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and address logistics regarding a specific meeting request. The discussion focused on the necessity and timing of a gathering held at the Executive Office Building. No formal decisions were recorded, but the exchange functioned as a brief administrative review of the President's daily agenda.
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NARA Description
On September 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and 1:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 580-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 580-15
Date: September 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:08 pm and 1:15 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President’s schedule
-Meeting request
-Executive Office Building [EOB]Also recorded on September 29, 1971
- 010-028 11:58 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:58 am.
- 010-029 11:58 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:58 am to 12:00 pm.
- 010-031 11:58 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 7:19 pm.
- 010-030 12:00 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 7:19 pm.
- 580-014 1:08 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and 1:15 pm.
- 580-016 1:15 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:15 pm to 1:35 pm.
- 283-001 1:35 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 580-017 1:35 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 580-015, September 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/580-015 (accessed October 12, 2026).