Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 725 › Conversation 725-027
Nixon & Haldeman on John B. Connally and Oval Office meeting
Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 11:30 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman discussed the President's upcoming schedule, specifically a meeting with John B. Connally. The conversation was brief, with Haldeman indicating Connally's imminent departure. No significant decisions or action items beyond the scheduling note were recorded.
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Position in tape: 03:33:38 – 03:34:53
part B, 1:31:47
NARA Description
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 725-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 725-27
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: 11:30 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
President's schedule
-Meeting with John B. Connally
Haldeman left.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on May 16, 1972
- 101-009 11:03 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Cabinet officers and staffers, including John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally, [David] Kenneth Rush, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Peter G. Peterson, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark MacGregor, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, Frederic V. Malek, Robert J. Brown, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Ezra Solomon, and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:59 pm.
- 725-039 11:03 AM · 14 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:30 am.
- 725-028 11:31 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:31 am to 11:35 am.
- 024-149 11:49 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 11:54 am.
- 725-029 11:49 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:49 am to 11:56 am.
- 725-030 11:49 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 11:57 am.
- 024-150 11:54 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:54 am to 11:55 am.
- 725-031 11:55 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:03 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 725-027, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/725-027 (accessed November 2, 2026).