{"conversationCode":"012-048","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":48,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-048","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T21:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T21:01:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:00 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:00 pm to 5:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-048 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. 012-048\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 5:00 pm- 5:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 281-71D]\n\n     Chief Justice John Marshall\n          -Biographical data","filename":["012-048.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:11:07","tapeEnd":"01:11:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"012-047","nextCode":"012-049","transcript":[{"start":1.15,"end":4.88,"text":"Mr. Haldeman."},{"start":4.94,"end":5.69,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.71,"end":8.72,"text":"He was born in Virginia, sat in the Virginia legislature."},{"start":8.84,"end":9.54,"text":"Right, I thought so."},{"start":10.49,"end":11.37,"text":"I just wanted to check."},{"start":11.43,"end":13.8,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman briefly conferred to verify biographical details regarding the early career of former Chief Justice John Marshall. The President specifically sought confirmation that Marshall served in the Virginia legislature prior to his judicial tenure. The inquiry was successfully resolved with Haldeman confirming Nixon's recollection.","topics":["John Marshall","Judiciary","Biographical research","Virginia legislature"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:34:36.539Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-marshall","judiciary","biographical-research","virginia-legislature"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-048.mp3","bytes":331649,"durationSec":13.76,"bitrate":192818,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-048.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-048","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-048","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}