{"conversationCode":"007-059","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-059","startDateTime":"1971-08-02T17:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-03T03:07:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Aug-1971","startTime":"1:19 PM","endDate":"2-Aug-1971","endTime":"11:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator;","description":"On August 2, 1971, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 11:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-059 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. 7-59\n\nDate: August 4, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:19 pm and 11:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 554-3A]\n\n     Requested a call to John B. Connally\n\n     [Pause]\n\n     Attempts to contact Connally\n\n     [Pause]\n\n     Return call instructions","filename":["007-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:26:35","tapeEnd":"02:29:08","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-058","nextCode":"007-060","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":12.41,"text":"Secretary Connolly, this is Haldeman."},{"start":12.43,"end":28.91,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":29.83,"end":35.06,"text":"He's down on the second floor."},{"start":35.08,"end":37.08,"text":"They're giving me a number, Mr. Hartman."},{"start":77.59,"end":78.37,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":117.65,"end":142.72,"text":"They're having difficulty getting the number where he is, Mr. Haldeman."},{"start":143.08,"end":145.8,"text":"Can they send someone to get him?"},{"start":148.23,"end":152.16,"text":"Well, yeah, and yeah, that'd be fine."},{"start":152.22,"end":152.42,"text":"All right."},{"start":152.56,"end":153.31,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman coordinates with the White House operator to establish a direct line of communication with Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. After the operator encounters difficulty reaching Connally, Haldeman instructs the staff to physically locate him to ensure the connection is made. The exchange highlights the logistical efforts required to facilitate urgent high-level administrative discussions during the Nixon presidency.","topics":["John B. Connally","H. R. Haldeman","Communication logistics","White House operations","Executive staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:29:21.422Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","h-r-haldeman","communication-logistics","white-house-operations","executive-staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":154,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-059.mp3","bytes":3691414,"durationSec":153.75,"bitrate":192067,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","transcriptGapSeconds":42,"transcriptGapShare":0.27,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-059.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-059","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/007/conversation-007-059","catalogNaId":417189407,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417189407","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}