{"conversationCode":"014-038","tapeNumber":14,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-014-038","startDateTime":"1971-11-11T18:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-11T18:02:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:01 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"1:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 1:01 pm to 1:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-038 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. 14-38\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: 1:01 pm - 1:02 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nHaldeman talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 298-5F]\n     Haldeman's conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler\n          -Timing of the President's announcement\n                -American Broadcasting Company [ABC]","filename":["014-038.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:05:49","tapeEnd":"01:06:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"014-037","nextCode":"014-039","transcript":[{"start":0.72,"end":1.64,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.66,"end":3.27,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Haldeman calling you."},{"start":3.45,"end":3.71,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.69,"end":4.83,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":4.85,"end":5.03,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.17,"end":5.57,"text":"Hi, Bob."},{"start":5.65,"end":5.99,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.55,"end":7.33,"text":"Talk to Ron."},{"start":7.51,"end":9.35,"text":"Four o'clock in the press room would work out fine."},{"start":9.65,"end":10.15,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":10.18,"end":18.12,"text":"That's the very latest because we'll be pushing ABC hard on film editing time and all that, but it's good."},{"start":18.18,"end":19.09,"text":"If we ended at 4.30."},{"start":19.11,"end":20.69,"text":"How about 3.45?"},{"start":21.21,"end":22.43,"text":"We'll do 3.45."},{"start":22.49,"end":24.77,"text":"You know, Linda's Ron usually briefs."},{"start":24.79,"end":25.95,"text":"He usually briefs at 4.00."},{"start":26.57,"end":31,"text":"Well, I could go at 45, and that gives me a little bit more time before the NSC meeting at 5."},{"start":31.02,"end":34.43,"text":"Well, the 4 o'clock is fine if we only run it for a maximum half hour."},{"start":34.45,"end":34.49,"text":"5."},{"start":35.25,"end":36.07,"text":"Oh, yeah, yeah."},{"start":36.13,"end":36.87,"text":"So you're off at 4.30."},{"start":37.03,"end":38.38,"text":"Right."},{"start":38.76,"end":40.48,"text":"And then they've got an hour and a half before they go."},{"start":40.5,"end":41.32,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":41.56,"end":41.88,"text":"Okay."},{"start":42.06,"end":42.76,"text":"Don't tell anybody."},{"start":42.98,"end":43.4,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the logistics for a presidential press announcement to ensure optimal timing for ABC broadcast editing. They settled on a 3:45 p.m. start time to accommodate a subsequent National Security Council meeting at 5:00 p.m. Haldeman was tasked with communicating these arrangements to Press Secretary Ron Ziegler while maintaining strict confidentiality regarding the event.","topics":["Media relations","Press briefing","Scheduling","ABC","Public relations","National Security Council"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:59:41.363Z"},"topicSlugs":["media-relations","press-briefing","scheduling","abc","public-relations","national-security-council"],"audioDurationSec":45,"audioFiles":[{"file":"014-038.mp3","bytes":1445880,"durationSec":45.07,"bitrate":256623,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.617Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/014-038.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/14/conversation-014-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}