Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 745 › Conversation 745-001

Nixon, Haldeman & Bull on Watergate and Political strategy

Friday, June 30, 1972 · 3:24 PM–4:29 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");  Bull, Stephen B.;  Moore, Richard A.Conversation745-001 onTape 745 (tape position 00:00:28–00:13:54)StartFriday, June 30, 1972 at 3:24 PMEndFriday, June 30, 1972 at 4:29 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 745-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with H.R. Haldeman, Stephen Bull, and Richard Moore to discuss the ongoing political and legal fallout following the recent Watergate break-in. The participants evaluated the administration's strategic response to the burgeoning scandal, focusing on controlling the narrative and managing potential investigations. The discussion centered on containment measures and internal assessments of how to mitigate the damage caused by the unauthorized entry at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

Audio

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NARA Description

On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:24 pm to 4:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 745-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 744-24/745-1

Also recorded on June 30, 1972

  • 347-005 2:10 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 2:55 pm.
  • 744-021 2:55 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, Stephen B. Bull, Ernesto V. Lagdameo, and Mrs. Ernesto V. Lagdameo met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:55 pm to 3:18 pm.
  • 744-022 3:18 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:18 pm to 3:24 pm.
  • 026-055 3:24 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger talked on the telephone from 3:24 pm to 3:28 pm.
  • 744-023 3:24 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:24 pm.
  • 744-024 3:24 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Richard G. Kleindienst, and Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:24 pm to 4:22 pm.
  • 026-056 3:28 PM · 47 min — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 3:28 pm on June 30, 1972 and 8:01 am on July 1, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 745-002 4:30 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, David C. Hoopes, Ronald L. Ziegler, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:30 pm to 6:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 745-001, June 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/745-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).