{"conversationCode":"012-021","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-021","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T22:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T22:09:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"6:08 PM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"6:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 12-21\n\nDate: October 20, 1971\nTime: 6:08 pm- 6:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 282-36]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Forthcoming Presidential announcement\n               -Supreme Court nomination\n          -George H. W. Bush","filename":["012-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:38:36","tapeEnd":"00:38:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"012-020","nextCode":"012-022","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":1.11,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.11,"end":7.01,"text":"You'll have to change the Bush meeting in view of this because I'll need that time to prepare these remarks."},{"start":7.39,"end":8.23,"text":"Okay."},{"start":8.25,"end":10.52,"text":"Tomorrow afternoon, so just put it off to Friday if you can."},{"start":11.54,"end":11.96,"text":"All right."},{"start":12.24,"end":12.56,"text":"Fine."},{"start":12.78,"end":13.22,"text":"Okay."},{"start":13.24,"end":14.01,"text":"Do it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed H. R. Haldeman to reschedule a meeting with George H. W. Bush to accommodate preparation time for an upcoming public announcement. The President needed to finalize remarks regarding a pending Supreme Court nomination. Haldeman agreed to move the appointment to Friday to ensure the President had sufficient time for his statement.","topics":["Presidential Schedule","Supreme Court","George H. W. Bush","Public Announcements"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:32:13.086Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","supreme-court","george-h-w-bush","public-announcements"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-021.mp3","bytes":386193,"durationSec":16.03,"bitrate":192758,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}