Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 751 › Conversation 751-003

Nixon, Haldeman & Bull on John B. Connally and Drug enforcement

Monday, July 24, 1972 · 10:14 AM–10:37 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.Conversation751-003 on Tape 751StartMonday, July 24, 1972 at 10:14 AMEndMonday, July 24, 1972 at 10:37 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 751-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman reviewed the President’s upcoming schedule, focusing on facilitating direct lines of communication with John B. Connally and managing various White House staff members. They discussed logistics for an upcoming meeting with Connally, the coordination of Raymond K. Price’s speechwriting staff, and arrangements for a photograph opportunity involving drug enforcement officials. Stephen B. Bull joined the discussion to finalize the scheduling and press arrangements for these briefings.

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On July 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:37 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 751-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 751-3

Date: July 24, 1972
Time: 10:14 am - 10:37 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

     The President's schedule
          -John B. Connally
                -Charles W. Colson
                -George Christian

     Connally
         -Associates
              -Contacts with White House
                    -Haldeman, Colson

     The President's schedule
          -Christian
          -Connally
                -Staff
          -Christian
          -Marvin Watson
          -Law enforcement efforts against drug abuse meeting

     Connally's schedule
         -Henry A. Kissinger
         -Colson

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     The President's schedule
          -Connally
               -Colson
               -Christian
               -Colson
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          -Law enforcement efforts against drug abuse meeting
               -Photograph opportunity
          -Connally
               -Executive Office Building [EOB]
               -Oval Office
                      -Christian

Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:37 am.

     Unknown person's forthcoming conversation with Colson
         -The President's schedule
              -Connally

[End of telephone conversation]

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     The President's schedule
          -Raymond K. Price, Jr.’s staff
                 -Size
                 -Patrick J. Buchanan, William L. Safire
                 -Price, Lee W. Huebner, Rev. John J. McLaughlin
                 -John K. Andrews, Jr.
                 -Kenneth L. Khachigian
                 -Buchanan
                 -Safire
                       -Schedule
                           -Europe
                 -Buchanan
                 -Khachigian
          -Buchanan
          -Price

     White House staff
         -Roland L. Elliott
              -Duties
                    -Letter-writing

     The President's schedule
          -Elliott
                -Price's staff
          -Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
                -Staff
          -Price’s staff
          -Buchanan
                -Forthcoming conversation with Haldeman
                      -Khachigian
                      -Colson, Kenneth W. Clawson
                           -Price

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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:14 am.

     The President's schedule
          -Press
                -Photograph opportunity
                -Myles J. Ambrose
                -Arrangements
                      -Chart

The President, Bull and Haldeman left at 10:37 am.

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Do you want to see Kathleen today before you go?
No need to.
Chuck said he would mention it.
I think it's very important for me to have a direct contact
people living with him, so that we don't have to constantly have it through history.
Somebody here who I know, like you call him or Colson calls him or something, it's not that I just want to call Christian, you see, which I will do.
You know what I'm saying?
Because Conway is who he is.
He's got to have his own staff.
How do we do that?
Well, you did a good fire question.
That's it.
So what success have you had with Watson and Kirby?
What else do we have to do besides the law enforcement?
You're clear.
Go ahead.
I'll work on
Conley will be, he's going to see Henry, I think, right now.
And then he'll be over at Chuck's office.
And he's going to be over there until he leaves at 2 or something like that.
So you can go at any time.
A lot of sitcom memories.
A holiday.
What's the best thing you've seen alone?
I don't know.
Who likes that better?
Steve.
Well, I don't know what he does at night.
I just don't know.
Whatever he wants.
I never wanted to be the first watchman.
Must not be a bad idea.
Maybe, I don't know if you already have, but you could talk to him about the face of the checkout point so that he knows we're not, there's no thought of, you know, trying to build it in.
I haven't seen him.
I don't think we've seen him.
I think he's getting, tracking very well.
He's getting stepped on more.
I think I should see him a little.
I do, too.
So he feels very free to talk.
That's the way.
And I don't have to.
I can check with John later.
And then when he first comes in, you might say, if he'd like to bring a church Christian, why doesn't he give him a call and have him come over and have him bring a Christian?
Or when you're talking about it, just make sure that you'd like to have him in for a few minutes, too.
I've never had a talk with him that I can't come over.
I didn't bring a church.
I'll see if you work on a time that fits his schedule, except for the 1033.
OK, well, that could do us a bit of years, because he's just going to be working on the phone with Chuck.
He has no schedule at once.
Well, 1033, should we say.
8, 7, 9, 10, 11, 11, 13, whatever you want.
Well, this thing with these jugs and things, I can see this doesn't require the fourth period of time.
No.
All this is, is a picture of the river.
OK.
He'll be rather than that.
Yeah, quarter to 11.
I can hear.
He doesn't like call creation.
I asked Chuck to set up a meeting with Connelly with the president at the Oval Office at 1045.
Yeah.
And to be just Connelly alone.
useful for the morale side and so forth.
I ought to see Price and his people.
How many does he have over there now?
I see about 200 names every day.
So he must have eight and six.
Whatever it is, it's all right.
Should he bring them in?
Yeah.
I ought to see them.
That's right.
That's right.
Well, I've been here since late.
Too bad.
And I guess Kachika's worse than that.
Well, I agree.
Wait a minute.
Maybe you'd better have Buchanan and Sapphire.
I just don't think so.
Sapphire's a way-in, at least.
Yeah.
Sapphire's a character.
Yeah.
And Buchanan, I'd just keep.
Separately.
Separately.
And have Kachika come.
He doesn't like me any time, does he?
I'm not sure.
I'll find out with work that you can fit.
So if he's with Buchanan, then he shouldn't come.
Yeah.
Would it be a bad idea?
You did Joe talk with Buchanan at some point, too.
No, I couldn't.
That's the point.
Generally.
But that would be set.
I want to set that up so that I do.
But I don't think that would be the price game, you see.
Price.
They work over there.
It's like victims all the time.
Who's the head of our letter, right?
Because that's still in the State Department.
No, no, Roland Elliott.
He could come in with the price book.
He works in there, right?
Roland, he's a hell of a dude.
But wouldn't it be better rather than that?
I'm not going to sit around and chat with that for half an hour.
Maybe he should bring in all of his letter writing.
Or maybe I should go over there.
They run a lot.
I just might drop by their operation.
That's easier.
Or do you put my name very deliberately in here?
You know, I'll go over there.
All right.
All right.
One, two, and up.
Terrific job.
March and come in for 15 minutes.
Let a writer stay for 15 minutes.
Price, you've got to pay your half hour.
I don't think so.
Why don't we say 3, 15, and 3, 30.
And then you like this job, Pat.
I'd have to cheat.
I mean, I've seen you go back.
I don't know if I want to see you.
I've had another occasion, you know, just to talk to him.
I don't want Christ in that group to hear that kind of talk.
purely for photographic purposes.
It can be set up right here.
And Miles Ambrose will explain the significance in front of the press.
It's Julian.
He's going to talk.
So he'll be talking to you.
He'll be talking to you.
I'll get a picture of him.
Is that over here?
That's what I'm saying.
I'll set it right over here.
There's a space in this chair.
No, sir.
I'm sorry.
President, I think you'll stand with us.
On one side of the chart, you'll see this, and the next, and you'll bring your hand rows with me.
We're going to sign this explaining the chart.
Okay, why don't you stand while I talk.
I was going to say that I have an idea that we're going to talk about.
You know, here we are talking about that.
Thank you for having me.

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Conversation 751-003, July 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/751-003 (accessed November 2, 2026).