{"conversationCode":"020-101","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":101,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-101","startDateTime":"1972-02-17T03:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-17T03:04:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Feb-1972","startTime":"10:03 PM","endDate":"16-Feb-1972","endTime":"10:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On February 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:03 pm to 10:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-101 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. 20-101\n\nDate: February 16, 1972\n\nTime: 10:03 pm - 10:04 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Preparations for People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip\n          -Remarks prior to departure\n                -Delivery to President","filename":["020-101.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:16:23","tapeEnd":"03:16:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"020-100","nextCode":"020-102","transcript":[{"start":1.03,"end":20.42,"text":"I wondered if they had prepared something for the march."},{"start":20.44,"end":20.52,"text":"Yep."},{"start":20.54,"end":22.11,"text":"I'll get them over to you right now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate the delivery of remarks prepared for the President’s upcoming departure to the People’s Republic of China. Haldeman confirms that the documents are ready, and the President requests their immediate delivery for his review. This brief exchange serves to finalize briefing materials essential for the historic diplomatic mission.","topics":["Richard Nixon","H. R. Haldeman","People's Republic of China","Diplomatic relations","Presidential travel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:00:51.344Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","h-r-haldeman","peoples-republic-of-china","diplomatic-relations","presidential-travel"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-101.mp3","bytes":562990,"durationSec":23.39,"bitrate":192577,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.225Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-101.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-101","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-101","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}