{"conversationCode":"024-084","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":84,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-084","startDateTime":"1972-05-15T21:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-15T21:21:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1972","startTime":"5:16 PM","endDate":"15-May-1972","endTime":"5:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-084 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. 24-84\n\nDate: May 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator; the President conferred with H. R. (“Bob”)\nHaldeman before the conversation began.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 724-8A]\n\n     Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["024-084.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:32:21","tapeEnd":"01:32:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"024-083","nextCode":"024-085","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.37,"text":"I think you just go ahead with the event, but without me there."},{"start":4.61,"end":6.48,"text":"Mrs. Nexon, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with H. R. Haldeman regarding his potential participation in an upcoming scheduled event. Ultimately, the President decided to proceed with the event while opting not to attend in person. Consequently, he instructed the White House operator to place a call to First Lady Pat Nixon to coordinate the situation.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Event scheduling","White House operations","H. R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:54:44.983Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","event-scheduling","white-house-operations","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-084.mp3","bytes":165510,"durationSec":6.84,"bitrate":193564,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.839Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-084.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-084","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-084","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}