{"conversationCode":"021-083","tapeNumber":21,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-021-083","startDateTime":"1972-03-15T00:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-15T00:20:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Mar-1972","startTime":"7:19 PM","endDate":"14-Mar-1972","endTime":"7:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On March 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:19 pm to 7:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-083 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. 21-83\n\nDate: March 14, 1972\nTime: 7:19 pm - 7:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Statements on international monetary affairs\n          -Forthcoming calls by Haldeman\n               -Herbert Stein\n                     -Ezra Solomon\n                     -Marina von N. Whitman\n                     -Presidential approval of statements\n               -Nathaniel Samuels\n                     -Previous press conference by Samuels\n                           -The President’s view\n                                 -Resignation","filename":["021-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:14:17","tapeEnd":"03:14:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"021-082","nextCode":"021-084","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed H. R. Haldeman via telephone to inform Herbert Stein, Ezra Solomon, and Marina von N. Whitman that all future statements on international monetary affairs require presidential word-by-word clearance. Nixon also directed Haldeman to tell Nathaniel Samuels that his recent speech was not approved, did not represent policy, and that his resignation was expected the following morning.","topics":["international monetary affairs","statement clearance","Herbert Stein","Ezra Solomon","Marina von N. Whitman","Nathaniel Samuels","resignation"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-28T16:57:29.179Z"},"topicSlugs":["international-monetary-affairs","statement-clearance","herbert-stein","ezra-solomon","marina-von-n-whitman","nathaniel-samuels","resignation"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"021-083.mp3","bytes":1577583,"durationSec":39.34,"bitrate":320806,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-28T16:43:38.057Z","audioSource":"National Archives Catalog (open data, RN-WHT)","audioSourceUrls":["https://catalog.archives.gov/medialz/presidential-libraries/nixon/rn-wht/17412458/6852410/37-wht-conversation-021-083-pa.mp3"],"catalogNaId":646310166,"originalFilename":["021a.mp3","021c.mp3"],"transcript":[{"start":0,"end":1,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Hello."},{"start":1,"end":2,"speaker":"Haldeman","text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2,"end":18,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"You're to call Stein tonight and tell him there are to be no more statements of any kind from him, Solomon, Whitman, or anybody on international monetary things without clearance with me word by word. Is that clear?"},{"start":18,"end":19,"speaker":"Haldeman","text":"Yep."},{"start":19,"end":36,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Second, you are to call Samuels, and tell him call him directly and tell him that that I did not approve of his speech. It does not represent our policy and that I expect his resignation in the morning. Is that clear?"},{"start":36,"end":38,"speaker":"Haldeman","text":"Yep. Fine."}],"transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-28T12:48:33.431Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/021-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/021/conversation-021-083","catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/646310166","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}