{"conversationCode":"018-077","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":77,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-077","startDateTime":"1972-01-13T19:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-13T19:45:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:34 PM","endDate":"13-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On January 13, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:34 pm and 2:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-077 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 18-77\n\nDate: January 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:34 pm and 2:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 314-1A]\n\n     Request for a call to Maj. Gen. James D. Hughes\n\n[Haldeman conferred with the President.]\n\n     Scheduling\n          -John B. Connally\n          -Unknown event\n          -State of the Union speech","filename":["018-077.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:46:01","tapeEnd":"03:47:23","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"018-076","nextCode":"018-078","transcript":[{"start":5.21,"end":6.07,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":6.09,"end":10.04,"text":"General Hughes, please."},{"start":10.2,"end":12.26,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":12.44,"end":13.24,"text":"I hadn't thought about that."},{"start":13.44,"end":33.51,"text":"Other than that, it wouldn't make any difference."},{"start":34.13,"end":40.52,"text":"Well, it's different from trying to get off the trailer all the way along."},{"start":41.2,"end":48.17,"text":"You know, from the question of finally being there and not being there, and it's canceled and back on again."},{"start":48.83,"end":50.57,"text":"So the last I knew, it was canceled."},{"start":50.75,"end":53.72,"text":"Then I got the folder last night, and there it was back in."},{"start":57.86,"end":57.94,"text":"Wow."},{"start":63.17,"end":63.27,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":63.29,"end":63.37,"text":"Wow."},{"start":64.41,"end":67.46,"text":"especially when you're going against the State of the Union or something like that."},{"start":67.48,"end":71.52,"text":"They think that's the last chance to get something in."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman and President Nixon discussed logistical frustrations regarding a volatile event schedule, specifically highlighting the uncertainty of a planned appearance that had been repeatedly canceled and reinstated. The conversation touched upon the scheduling of John B. Connally and the strategic challenges of aligning appearances with the upcoming State of the Union address. Haldeman also initiated a request to contact Major General James D. Hughes to facilitate these administrative coordination efforts.","topics":["Scheduling","State of the Union","John B. Connally","White House operations","James D. Hughes"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:04:14.524Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","state-of-the-union","john-b-connally","white-house-operations","james-d-hughes"],"audioDurationSec":82,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-077.mp3","bytes":1978617,"durationSec":82.38,"bitrate":192135,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-077.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-077","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-077","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}