{"conversationCode":"016-079","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":79,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-079","startDateTime":"1971-12-10T20:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T20:06:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"3:05 PM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"3:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-079 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. 16-79\n\nDate: December 10, 1971\nTime: 3:05 pm - 3:06 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Camp David\n                 -Weather\n          -Jerrold L. Schecter\n          -Signing ceremony\n                 -[Revenue Act]\n          -Schecter","filename":["016-079.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:00:50","tapeEnd":"03:01:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"016-078","nextCode":"016-080","transcript":[{"start":1.18,"end":16.2,"text":"The weather is okay probably till 530 or so then it'll start closing and it'll get touch-and-go as it gets later in the evening."},{"start":17.04,"end":24.79,"text":"With that in mind you might want to move Schechter up to 430 so that you can get out."},{"start":28.95,"end":34.87,"text":"Unless you have something else you want to do after the signing ceremony?"},{"start":34.89,"end":35.65,"text":"No, I think that's all right."},{"start":35.67,"end":37.01,"text":"You can have him at 4.30, yeah."},{"start":37.21,"end":39.09,"text":"Just tell him to be available after that."},{"start":39.11,"end":39.25,"text":"Right."},{"start":39.31,"end":42.2,"text":"Tell him we don't know what the situation's going to be."},{"start":42.22,"end":42.34,"text":"Right."},{"start":42.36,"end":44.24,"text":"But if he could be available from 4.30 on."},{"start":44.54,"end":46.09,"text":"Okay, sure."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman consulted on adjustments to the President’s schedule to ensure a timely departure for Camp David. Fearing inclement weather, they agreed to move a meeting with Jerrold L. Schecter to 4:30 p.m., following the Revenue Act signing ceremony. Haldeman was tasked with informing Schecter of the revised timing and potential travel uncertainties.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Camp David","Jerrold L. Schecter","Revenue Act","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:36:42.233Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","camp-david","jerrold-l-schecter","revenue-act","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-079.mp3","bytes":1124100,"durationSec":46.78,"bitrate":192227,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-079.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-079","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/016/conversation-016-079","catalogNaId":417191407,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417191407","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}