Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 654
Nixon White House Tape 654 (January 24, 1972)
2 conversations · Oval Office · about 1 hr 9 min of released audio
Featuring Nixon, Haldeman, White, Flanigan, United States Secret Service agents
President Nixon met with H.R. Haldeman and Peter Flanigan to reorganize the administration’s handling of international economic policy and finalize diplomatic and personnel appointments. The President formally tasked Flanigan with leading international economic matters as an "inside" broker to minimize conflicts between Henry Kissinger and John Connally. Additionally, the group discussed strategic ambassadorial appointments, the political necessity of appealing to Catholic voters, and personal efforts to secure spots at the Sidwell Friends School for the children of economist Marina von Neumann Whitman, whom Nixon intended to appoint to the Council of Economic Advisers.
United States Secret Service agents, Manolo Sanchez, and an unidentified woman gathered in the Oval Office to coordinate the President's schedule and logistical movements. During the brief interaction, an unspecified item was handed to an agent, and participants discussed the President's relocation to the residence. The meeting concluded with the departure of Sanchez and the unknown woman as the recording transitioned to a brief telephone exchange regarding the President's whereabouts.