{"conversationCode":"015-006","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-006","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T00:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T00:16:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1971","startTime":"7:14 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1971","endTime":"7:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:14 pm to 7:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-006 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. 15-6\n\nDate: November 17, 1971\nTime: 7:14 pm - 7:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     George Meany\n          -Telephone call\n          -Schedule\n          -Meeting with the President","filename":["015-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:58","tapeEnd":"00:04:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"015-005","nextCode":"015-007","transcript":[{"start":1.25,"end":2.43,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.45,"end":3.23,"text":"What have you found out?"},{"start":7.72,"end":15.24,"text":"Nothing yet."},{"start":15.26,"end":17.14,"text":"Tell George that we have to make a decision, and I don't want to crap around with it too much."},{"start":17.16,"end":17.89,"text":"No, no, I don't think we may bother."},{"start":17.91,"end":18.01,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":18.44,"end":33.21,"text":"It may take a little while to get in on the phone."},{"start":33.23,"end":33.63,"text":"Put it on the phone."},{"start":33.65,"end":34.91,"text":"The basis is it's from the president calling for the president."},{"start":34.93,"end":35.05,"text":"Right."},{"start":35.07,"end":35.23,"text":"Right."},{"start":35.25,"end":35.69,"text":"The president is that."},{"start":35.71,"end":35.83,"text":"Right."},{"start":35.85,"end":36.3,"text":"The president is that."},{"start":36.31,"end":36.44,"text":"Right."},{"start":36.45,"end":36.86,"text":"12 o'clock tomorrow."},{"start":36.88,"end":37,"text":"Right."},{"start":37.02,"end":37.22,"text":"All right."},{"start":37.24,"end":37.5,"text":"Call me back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate a high-priority telephone outreach to AFL-CIO leader George Meany. Nixon expresses frustration with potential delays, insisting that the call be framed as a direct communication from the President. They ultimately finalize plans to schedule a conversation with Meany for the following day at noon.","topics":["George Meany","AFL-CIO","Presidential scheduling","Labor relations","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:11:32.217Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-meany","afl-cio","presidential-scheduling","labor-relations","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-006.mp3","bytes":902164,"durationSec":37.53,"bitrate":192316,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}