{"conversationCode":"024-106","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":106,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-106","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":"Kleindienst, Richard G.; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On May 15, 1972, Richard G. Kleindienst, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles W. Colson 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 024-106 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. 24-106\n\nDate: May 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nRichard G. Kleindienst talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman/the President and Charles W.\nColson can be heard in the background.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 339-3\"O\"]\n\n     Attack on George C. Wallace\n          -Latest report\n               -W. Mark Felt\n               -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]\n                      -Assignments\n                            -Hospital\n                            -Jail\n          -Assailants\n               -Number\n               -Custody\n               -Charges\n                      -Assault on Secret Service agent and Wallace\n                      -Statutory justification\n                      -Henry E. Petersen\n                            -Instructions for seclusion\n          -FBI\n               -Felt's assignments\n          -Assailants\n               -Custody\n                      -Transfer\n               -Reports\n                      -Interviews\n          -Arthur H. Bremer\n\n               -Interviews\n               -Location\n          -Later reports\n          -Assailants\n               -Isolation\n                      -Reasons\n               -Identity\n               -Press reports\n                      -Compared with John F. and Robert F. Kennedy assassinations\n                           -Appearance of cover-up","filename":["024-106.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:41","tapeEnd":"02:04:30","participantsList":["Kleindienst, Richard G.","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"024-105","nextCode":"024-107","transcript":[{"start":0.71,"end":2.33,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.35,"end":3.23,"text":"Yes, Mr. Haldeman?"},{"start":3.25,"end":3.55,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.57,"end":4.96,"text":"Mr. Klein, he's just on the line."},{"start":5.08,"end":5.32,"text":"All right."},{"start":7.08,"end":7.54,"text":"Ready."},{"start":7.57,"end":7.89,"text":"Hello."},{"start":8.33,"end":8.51,"text":"Hello."},{"start":8.75,"end":9.01,"text":"Hi there."},{"start":9.73,"end":10.65,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":11.03,"end":11.68,"text":"This is Bob Haldeman."},{"start":11.82,"end":12.72,"text":"Yeah, Bob, this is Dick."},{"start":12.74,"end":13,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":13.96,"end":17.01,"text":"Here's what's happened up to now since the last time I talked to the president."},{"start":17.27,"end":18.5,"text":"I've talked to Mark Felt."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon, H.R. Haldeman, and Charles Colson consulted with Attorney General Richard Kleindienst to receive updates on the investigation into the attempted assassination of George Wallace. The participants reviewed the status of the assailant, Arthur Bremer, and discussed FBI assignments regarding his custody, interrogation, and isolation. Officials expressed significant concern over potential public perception, specifically aiming to avoid any resemblance to the controversy surrounding the John F. and Robert F. Kennedy investigations.","topics":["George Wallace assassination attempt","Arthur Bremer","FBI investigation","Richard Kleindienst","Political optics","Criminal justice"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:56:46.605Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-wallace-assassination-attempt","arthur-bremer","fbi-investigation","richard-kleindienst","political-optics","criminal-justice"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-106.mp3","bytes":445125,"durationSec":18.47,"bitrate":192806,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.839Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-106.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-106","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-106","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}