{"conversationCode":"021-020","tapeNumber":21,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-021-020","startDateTime":"1972-03-08T15:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-08T16:49:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Mar-1972","startTime":"10:25 AM","endDate":"8-Mar-1972","endTime":"11:49 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Kissinger, Henry A.; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On March 8, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 11:49 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-020 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. 21-20\n\nDate: March 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:25 am and 11:49 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n     John N. Mitchell’s return call\n\nThe President and Henry A. Kissinger can be heard in the background.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal Returnable]\n[Duration: 20s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["021-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:54:01","tapeEnd":"00:55:20","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Kissinger, Henry A.","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"021-019","nextCode":"021-021","transcript":[{"start":0.52,"end":3.49,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.51,"end":4.57,"text":"This is Holloman."},{"start":5.23,"end":7.97,"text":"Has Mitchell returned my call yet?"},{"start":8,"end":27.68,"text":"Let me see."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman, with Henry Kissinger present, coordinate a return call from John N. Mitchell. The primary purpose of the brief exchange is to facilitate communication with the former Attorney General. The participants prioritize establishing contact with Mitchell to address ongoing political or administrative business.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","Communication","Political Strategy","White House Staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:06:40.223Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","communication","political-strategy","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"021-020.mp3","bytes":664554,"durationSec":27.63,"bitrate":192441,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/021-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/21/conversation-021-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}