{"conversationCode":"002-058","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":58,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-058","startDateTime":"1971-04-28T23:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-28T23:53:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Apr-1971","startTime":"7:52 PM","endDate":"28-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On April 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:52 pm to 7:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-058 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 2-58\n\nDate: April 28, 1971\nTime: 7:52 pm - 7:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nThe President talked with Haldeman.\n\n     Haldeman's forthcoming conversation with Robert F. Ellsworth\n          -Job offer\n                -Cabinet","filename":["002-058.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:11:53","tapeEnd":"02:12:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"002-057","nextCode":"002-059","transcript":[{"start":18.98,"end":29.94,"text":"And they talked to him, and he offered to take this job."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with H. R. Haldeman regarding a potential cabinet-level job offer for Robert F. Ellsworth. The discussion confirmed that Ellsworth had been approached about the position and had expressed a willingness to accept it. This exchange served as a brief verification of Ellsworth's receptiveness to joining the administration in a high-level capacity.","topics":["Cabinet appointments","Robert F. Ellsworth","Personnel management","H. R. Haldeman","Nixon Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:12:47.555Z"},"topicSlugs":["cabinet-appointments","robert-f-ellsworth","personnel-management","h-r-haldeman","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":50,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-058.mp3","bytes":941000,"durationSec":49.85,"bitrate":151011,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-058.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-058","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-058","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}