{"conversationCode":"014-156","tapeNumber":14,"conversationNumber":156,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-014-156","startDateTime":"1971-11-17T19:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-17T21:00:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1971","startTime":"2:53 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On November 17, 1971, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 4:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-156 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. 14-156\n\nDate: November 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:53 pm and 4:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 293-9B]\n\n     Request for a call to James D. (\"Don\") Hughes\n\n[H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman conferred with the President at an unknown time]\n\n[See Conversation No. 293-9B]\n\n[End of conferral]\n\n     Hughes’ location","filename":["014-156.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:55:27","tapeEnd":"04:56:51","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"014-155","nextCode":"014-157","transcript":[{"start":0.74,"end":4.85,"text":"This is Alderman General Hughes, please."},{"start":11.47,"end":12.27,"text":"Yes sir."},{"start":12.59,"end":12.91,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":77.37,"end":80.61,"text":"Mr. Haldeman, he's at Andrews."},{"start":80.63,"end":83.31,"text":"Do you want me to try to reach him out there?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman coordinates with the White House operator to locate and establish contact with General James D. “Don” Hughes. After confirming that Hughes is currently at Andrews Air Force Base, Haldeman confers with President Nixon regarding the logistics of the call. The discussion centers on the immediate need to reach Hughes for an unspecified purpose.","topics":["James D. Hughes","Communication logistics","H. R. Haldeman","Presidential scheduling","Andrews Air Force Base"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:10:52.215Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-d-hughes","communication-logistics","h-r-haldeman","presidential-scheduling","andrews-air-force-base"],"audioDurationSec":85,"audioFiles":[{"file":"014-156.mp3","bytes":2723163,"durationSec":84.99,"bitrate":256342,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/014-156.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-156","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/14/conversation-014-156","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}