Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 813 › Conversation 813-021
Nixon & Haldeman
Wednesday, November 8, 1972 · 10:53 AM ET · Oval Office · 33 sec
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon and H.R. Haldeman met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics and movements during a transitional period in the morning schedule. The participants navigated through the Roosevelt Room while preparing for subsequent official engagements. No substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief encounter as the President transitioned to meet with an unidentified individual.
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NARA Description
On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 813-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 813-21
Date: November 8, 1972
Time: 10:53 am
Location: Oval Office
The President and H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered the Roosevelt Room.
Introduction of the President
- 23 -
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Conversations No. 813-31
Date: November 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:53 am and 11:05 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
Instruction
The President left at an unknown time before 11:05 am. Unknown people [Secret Service
agents] met.
The President’s location
-Roosevelt Room
Unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:05 am.Also recorded on November 8, 1972
- 813-016 9:54 AM · 10 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:10 am.
- 813-018 10:10 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:16 am.
- 813-019 10:10 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:16 am.
- 813-020 10:16 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:16 am to 10:53 am.
- 813-022 10:53 AM · 14 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:05 am.
- 813-031 10:53 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:05 am.
- 813-032 10:53 AM · 18 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:05 am.
- 813-033 11:05 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:08 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 813-021, November 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/813-021 (accessed October 10, 2026).