{"conversationCode":"012-051","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":51,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-051","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T21:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T21:53:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:52 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:53 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 5:52 pm to 5:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-051 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. 012-051\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 5:52 pm- 5:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 281-55]\n\n     Supreme Court justices, date of resignation\n          -Hugo L. Black\n          -John M. Harlan","filename":["012-051.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:12:27","tapeEnd":"01:13:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"012-050","nextCode":"012-052","transcript":[{"start":0.79,"end":25.36,"text":"yep mr yeah mr haldeman yeah all right there you are september 17th was black and september 23rd harlem yeah okay september 23rd september 17th what's the day a date in the day of the week what no what day of the month today october 21st"},{"start":25.83,"end":26.88,"text":"September 23rd."},{"start":27.61,"end":28.78,"text":"September what was one?"},{"start":28.8,"end":31.24,"text":"23rd and 17th."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman spoke briefly to clarify the specific resignation dates of Supreme Court Justices Hugo L. Black and John M. Harlan. The President sought confirmation of the exact dates, establishing that Black resigned on September 17 and Harlan on September 23. This exchange served to finalize the timeline of the vacancies for administrative or political record-keeping.","topics":["Supreme Court","Hugo L. Black","John M. Harlan","Resignations","Judicial Appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:34:52.430Z"},"topicSlugs":["supreme-court","hugo-l-black","john-m-harlan","resignations","judicial-appointments"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-051.mp3","bytes":803107,"durationSec":33.39,"bitrate":192425,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-051.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-051","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-051","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}