{"conversationCode":"024-104","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":104,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-104","startDateTime":"1972-05-15T23:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-15T23:37:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1972","startTime":"7:07 PM","endDate":"15-May-1972","endTime":"7:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator;","description":"On May 15, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-104 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. 24-104\n\nDate: May 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 339-3M]\n\n     Calls from W. Mark Felt to the President\n           -Placement","filename":["024-104.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:17","tapeEnd":"02:01:28","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-103","nextCode":"024-105","transcript":[{"start":3.04,"end":3.44,"text":"Mr."},{"start":3.52,"end":9.26,"text":"Felt from the FBI will be calling the president from time to time this evening, and you should put the call through to him."},{"start":9.48,"end":10.37,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":10.39,"end":11.47,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman instructs the White House operator to prioritize and facilitate incoming telephone calls from FBI Associate Director W. Mark Felt to President Nixon. This directive establishes a specific protocol for routing communication between the two officials throughout the evening. The exchange serves as an administrative arrangement to ensure direct, expedited access for Felt during a period of ongoing federal investigations.","topics":["W. Mark Felt","FBI","Communication protocol","White House operations","Presidential access"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:56:35.715Z"},"topicSlugs":["w-mark-felt","fbi","communication-protocol","white-house-operations","presidential-access"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-104.mp3","bytes":275852,"durationSec":11.43,"bitrate":193014,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-104.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-104","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-104","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}