{"conversationCode":"024-017","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-017","startDateTime":"1972-05-09T00:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-09T00:05:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1972","startTime":"8:04 PM","endDate":"8-May-1972","endTime":"8:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:04 pm to 8:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-017 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. 24-17\n\nDate: May 8, 1972\nTime: 8:04 pm - 8:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 336-68A]\n\n     The President's meeting with Republican congressional leaders\n          -Preparation\n               -Margaret Chase Smith\n                      -Absence","filename":["024-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:16:55","tapeEnd":"00:17:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"024-016","nextCode":"024-018","transcript":[{"start":6.83,"end":7.71,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7.86,"end":8.54,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":8.56,"end":8.78,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":9.08,"end":10.7,"text":"Mr. Haldeman calling, sir."},{"start":11.32,"end":11.79,"text":"There you are."},{"start":12.41,"end":12.85,"text":"They all ready?"},{"start":13.21,"end":15.76,"text":"Everybody's there except Margaret, who is probably not coming."},{"start":15.98,"end":17.24,"text":"She was tentative."},{"start":17.26,"end":17.92,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the final preparations for an impending meeting with Republican congressional leadership. Haldeman confirmed the attendance of the invitees, noting that Senator Margaret Chase Smith was unlikely to appear. This brief check-in served to finalize logistics and personnel expectations immediately preceding the formal session.","topics":["Republican congressional leadership","Margaret Chase Smith","White House meetings","H. R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:48:41.416Z"},"topicSlugs":["republican-congressional-leadership","margaret-chase-smith","white-house-meetings","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-017.mp3","bytes":437602,"durationSec":18.18,"bitrate":192604,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}