Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 621 › Conversation 621-044
Nixon, Haldeman & MacGregor
Monday, November 22, 1971 · 10:22 AM–11:30 AM ET · Oval Office
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 05:44:33 to 06:42:34 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.
NARA Description
On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:22 am and 11:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-044 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 621-44
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:22 am and 11:30 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule
-Unknown man
-Christmas parties
The President's schedule
-Church services
-Bermuda
-Florida
-Azores
-Foreign visits and visitors
-Value
-Church services
-Christmas parties
-Timing
-Staff, press and Congress
-Bermuda
-Florida
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-Florida
-Press
-Wives and children
-Mrs. Nixon
Earl L. Butz
-Confirmation
-Jack R. MillerShow the rest of the log (256 more lines)
-The President’s view
-Relations with White House
-Charles W. Colson
-Clark MacGregor
The President's schedule
-Meeting with members of Congress
-Miller's schedule
-December
Butz
-Confirmation
-Committee chairman's vote
-Miller's vote
The President's schedule
-Previous speech to American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations [AFL-CIO] convention
-Charles H. Percy's statement
-Popular opinion
-Wire reports
-William L. Calley, Jr.
-"A Day in the Life of the President"
-Timing
-Public event
-Domestic Council
-Preparation
-National 4-H Congress
-“Q & A”
-Detroit Economic Club
-Format
-St. Louis
-Event at a high school
-Football game
-Television
-John D. Ehrlichman
Rose Mary Woods entered at 10:43 am.
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[Duration: 7m 13s ]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Privacy]
[Duration: 48s ]
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Woods left at 10:51 am.
The President's schedule
-Football game
-Press
-Haldeman's conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
-Haldeman’s view
-Thanksgiving
-Family
-California
-Possible press conference
-Congress's schedule
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between
10:51 am and 10:56 am; Haldeman talked with Clark MacGregor at an unknown time.
[Conversation No. 621-44A]
[See Conversation No. 15-83]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:51 am and
10:56 am.
[Conversation No. 621-44B]
[See Conversation No. 15-84]
[End of telephone conversation]
Congress's schedule
The President talked with MacGregor between 10:56 am and 10:57 am.
[Conversation No. 621-44C]
[See Conversation No. 15-85]
[End of telephone conversation]
MacGregor [?]
The President left at an unknown time before 11:00 am.
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with an unknown man at an unknown time between 10:57 am
and 11:00 am.
[Conversation No. 621-44D]
Phone calls
Unknown woman
[End of telephone conversation]
The President and MacGregor entered at 11:00 am.
Congress
-Campaign finance legislation
-Partisanship
-Miller
-Possible attack by White House
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Possible statement
-Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Economic Stabilization Act extension
-Pay Board
-Supreme Court Confirmations
-William H. Rehnquist and Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Potter Stewart
-Campaign finance reform
-William B. Saxbe
-Possible vote count
-Hugh Scott's visit with Karl E. Mundt
-Foreign assistance legislation
-MacGregor's previous conversation with William S. Mailliard
-J. William Fulbright
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr., John F. Lehman and Mailliard
-Dr. Thomas E. (“Doc”) Morgan
-Revenue-sharing
-Welfare reform
-Campaign finance legislation
-The President's previous conversation with John B. Connally
-Possible veto
-Possible effect on economy
-Possible constitution amendment
-Compared with 26th Amendment
-The President’s view
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Campaign financing
-The President's conversation with Connally
-Effect on Democratic party
-Labor support
-MacGregor's previous speech
-The President's possible veto
-Tax aspects
-The President’s economic program
-Amendments
-Role of campaign finance
-MacGregor’s view
-Effect
-The President’s view
-Primaries
-Thomas G. Wicker's views
-Expenditures
-Comptroller-General's previous testimony
-Previous Senate debate
-Marlow W. Cook and Peter H. Dominick
-Scott
-Connally's forthcoming press conference
-Timing
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:00 am and
11:15 am.
[Conversation No. 621-44E]
[See Conversation No. 15-86]
[End of telephone conversation]
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[Duration: 31s ]
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The President talked with Connally between 11:15 am and 11:16 am.
[Conversation No. 621-44F]
[See Conversation No. 15-87]
[End of telephone conversation]
Connally
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[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 22s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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Republican Governors Conference
Public relations
-The President's speech to AFL-CIO convention
-MacGregor's previous speech
-George Meany
-Press coverage
-The President's forthcoming trip to People's Republic of China [PRC]
-White House efforts
-Vietnam War
-Inflation
Hubert H. Humphrey
Amnesty
-The President’s previous press conference
-George S. McGovern
-Abraham Lincoln
-Emancipation Proclamation
-New York draft dodgers
-Amnesty for southerners
-Deserters
-Possible effect of the President's program
George D. Aiken
-Previous conversation with the President
-Farm issue
Butz
-The President's support
-Previous conversations with Miller and MacGregor
-Compared to G. Harrold Carswell and Clement F. Haynesworth, Jr.
-Previous conversation with MacGregor
-The President's support
-Role in office
-Support for farmers
-Bryce N. Harlow
-John C. Whitaker
The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:30 am.Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation.
Also recorded on November 22, 1971
- 621-039 8:50 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 9:10 am.
- 621-043 9:10 AM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Barry M. Goldwater met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:10 am to 10:22 am.
- 015-083 10:51 AM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am.
- 015-084 10:51 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am.
- 015-085 10:56 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 10:56 am to 10:57 am.
- 015-086 11:00 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:15 am.
- 015-087 11:15 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 11:15 am to 11:16 am.
- 015-088 11:16 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:16 am and 12:19 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 621-044, November 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/621-044 (accessed November 15, 2026).