{"conversationCode":"015-083","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-083","startDateTime":"1971-11-22T15:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-22T15:56:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Nov-1971","startTime":"10:51 AM","endDate":"22-Nov-1971","endTime":"10:56 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; MacGregor, Clark;","description":"On November 22, 1971, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-083 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. 15-83\n\nDate: November 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:51 and 10:56 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 621-44A]\n\n     Request for a call to Clark MacGregor\n\nHaldeman talked with Clark MacGregor at an unknown time.\n\n     Senate\n          -Thanksgiving recess\n               -Time","filename":["015-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:53:08","tapeEnd":"02:54:31","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","MacGregor, Clark"],"prevCode":"015-082","nextCode":"015-084","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.99,"text":"Gregor, please, this is Haldeman."},{"start":5.01,"end":5.21,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":33.46,"end":35.14,"text":"Yes, Bob."},{"start":35.16,"end":41.51,"text":"Do we have any reading on when the Senate's going to pull out this week?"},{"start":42.19,"end":44.49,"text":"None other than Wednesday afternoon."},{"start":44.53,"end":47.5,"text":"Nothing more precise than Wednesday afternoon."},{"start":47.8,"end":51.66,"text":"What's your guess as to time Wednesday afternoon?"},{"start":52.16,"end":53.28,"text":"My guess is mid-afternoon."},{"start":53.34,"end":54.08,"text":"You think they will?"},{"start":54.36,"end":55.91,"text":"You don't think they'll go into Wednesday night?"},{"start":56.17,"end":59.89,"text":"I do not think so, because a number of Senators do want to be there."},{"start":59.87,"end":62.94,"text":"respective homes around the country for Thanksgiving."},{"start":63.12,"end":65.22,"text":"So you think they'll go at 3 or something like that?"},{"start":65.92,"end":67.78,"text":"Their goal is 3 o'clock."},{"start":67.86,"end":70.83,"text":"It could be later, but I do not anticipate a Wednesday night session."},{"start":70.89,"end":72.92,"text":"If they went beyond 5, I'd be very surprised."},{"start":73.3,"end":77.46,"text":"I would anticipate a adjournment sometime between 3 and 5."},{"start":77.78,"end":78.08,"text":"Okay."},{"start":78.36,"end":78.65,"text":"You bet."},{"start":78.75,"end":79.07,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":79.13,"end":80.73,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman consulted Clark MacGregor to determine the expected schedule for the Senate's Thanksgiving recess. MacGregor projected that the Senate would likely adjourn between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, noting that legislators were eager to travel home for the holiday. No further legislative sessions were anticipated for that Wednesday evening.","topics":["Senate","Thanksgiving recess","Legislative schedule","Congressional adjournment","Clark MacGregor"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:18:39.489Z"},"topicSlugs":["senate","thanksgiving-recess","legislative-schedule","congressional-adjournment","clark-macgregor"],"audioDurationSec":83,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-083.mp3","bytes":1986141,"durationSec":82.7,"bitrate":192127,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}