Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 795 › Conversation 795-012

Nixon & Haldeman on White House administration and Oval Office operations

Tuesday, October 10, 1972 · 12:56 PM–1:20 PM ET · Oval Office ·14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation795-012 onTape 795StartTuesday, October 10, 1972 at 12:56 PMEndTuesday, October 10, 1972 at 1:20 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 795-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met with Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman in the Oval Office to discuss internal administrative matters. A portion of the meeting was classified as personal and withdrawn from the public record. No definitive policy decisions or broader political strategy developments were recorded in the available documentation for this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 795-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 795-12

Date: October 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 1:20 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

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[Duration: 1m 19s ]

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Haldeman left at an unknown time before 1:20 pm.

Also recorded on October 10, 1972

795-008 12:17 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, James Brown, Joseph Brown, James F. Palmer, Charles Bobbitt, Robert J. Brown, Stanley S. Scott, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:27 pm.
795-009 12:27 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:30 pm.
795-010 12:30 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:30 pm to 12:49 pm.
795-011 12:51 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:51 pm to 12:56 pm.
795-013 12:56 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:20 pm.
795-014 12:56 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:20 pm.
795-015 1:20 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:35 pm.
795-016 1:35 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:35 pm to 1:37 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 795-012, October 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/795-012 (accessed September 18, 2026).