{"conversationCode":"026-031","tapeNumber":26,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-026-031","startDateTime":"1972-06-30T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-30T18:10:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jun-1972","startTime":"12:55 PM","endDate":"30-Jun-1972","endTime":"2:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On June 30, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 2:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-031 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. 26-31\n\nDate: June 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:55 and 2:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 347-4B]\n\n     Request for John D. Ehrlichman\n\n     [No conversation]\n\nHaldeman talked with Ehrlichman.\n\n     The President’s previous press conference\n\n     Vote in House of Representatives\n          -Status","filename":["026-031-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:14:15","tapeEnd":"02:16:16","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"026-030","nextCode":"026-032","aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman consulted via telephone to discuss the political fallout from the President’s recent press conference. The pair also assessed the current status of an ongoing vote in the House of Representatives. This dialogue served as a strategic check-in regarding legislative developments and the administration's public messaging following recent media exposure.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","John D. Ehrlichman","Press conference","House of Representatives","Legislative affairs","White House strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:17:44.460Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","john-d-ehrlichman","press-conference","house-of-representatives","legislative-affairs","white-house-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":46,"audioFiles":[{"file":"026-031-splice.mp3","bytes":734799,"durationSec":46,"bitrate":127786,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:13.846Z","originalFilename":["026a.mp3","026b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["026b.mp3"],"cutStart":8285.5,"cutEnd":8331.5,"adjustedStart":8285.5,"adjustedEnd":8331.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:13.846Z"},"transcript":[{"start":8287.18,"end":8287.72,"text":"All right, good, terrific."},{"start":8287.74,"end":8288.36,"text":"Well, what we're doing is good."},{"start":8288.38,"end":8289,"text":"But it's not all I have to say."},{"start":8289.02,"end":8289.59,"text":"I'm not here to do anything."},{"start":8289.61,"end":8290.69,"text":"I'm here to watch what's going to happen in the house."},{"start":8290.71,"end":8291.77,"text":"I'd rather it didn't get there than to do this today."},{"start":8291.79,"end":8292.89,"text":"All right, let's open the mic and then I'll turn it up."},{"start":8292.91,"end":8293.39,"text":"Thank you for having me."},{"start":8293.41,"end":8294.03,"text":"I don't know what you're doing."},{"start":8294.05,"end":8294.55,"text":"I don't want to get hurt."},{"start":8294.57,"end":8295.19,"text":"I don't know what you're doing."},{"start":8295.21,"end":8295.65,"text":"All right, no problem."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":8287,"end":8330,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","transcriptPrev":{"segments":12,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T08:54:53.043Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/026-031-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/026/conversation-026-031","catalogNaId":646367988,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/646367988","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}