{"conversationCode":"031-110","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":110,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-110","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T00:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T00:09:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:08 PM","endDate":"17-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:08 pm to 8:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-110 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 31-110\n\nDate: October 17, 1972\nTime: 8:08 pm - 8:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 368-12]\n\n        The President's schedule\n            -Possible trip to New England\n                -Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts","filename":["031-110.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"031-109","nextCode":"031-111","transcript":[{"start":1.57,"end":1.93,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.01,"end":4.55,"text":"Mr. Altman on the line, too."},{"start":4.63,"end":5.07,"text":"Hello, Bob."},{"start":5.33,"end":5.99,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":6.01,"end":10.88,"text":"I wanted to tell you that in your options, we'll consider the New England option."},{"start":11.02,"end":11.9,"text":"Right."},{"start":11.92,"end":24.59,"text":"I have a sort of a feeling that doing Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and even a corner of Massachusetts would be very good, you know, sort of on the idea that we're not forgetting any place."},{"start":26.07,"end":27.09,"text":"So we'll look at that, would you?"},{"start":27.13,"end":28.36,"text":"Yep."},{"start":28.77,"end":29.08,"text":"Fine."},{"start":29.1,"end":29.32,"text":"Okay."},{"start":30.38,"end":30.48,"text":"Good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman discussed potential additions to the President's upcoming travel schedule to ensure broader visibility during the campaign. Nixon specifically suggested a trip through New England, targeting Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts to demonstrate national attention. Haldeman agreed to evaluate the feasibility of this itinerary as a viable option for the administration.","topics":["Presidential travel","1972 election campaign","New England","Political strategy","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:56:08.099Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-travel","1972-election-campaign","new-england","political-strategy","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-110.mp3","bytes":833200,"durationSec":34.64,"bitrate":192424,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-110.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-110","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-110","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}