{"conversationCode":"032-153","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":153,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-153","startDateTime":"1972-11-02T22:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-02T23:38:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Nov-1972","startTime":"5:35 PM","endDate":"2-Nov-1972","endTime":"6:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On November 2, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-153 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. 032-153\n\nDate: November 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:35 pm and 6:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[Conversation No. 32-153A]\n\n[See Conversation No. 390-14B]\n\n        Request for a call to Kenneth Cole, Jr.\n\n[End of conversation]\n\nH.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with an unknown woman from Cole's office at an unknown time\nbetween 5:35 pm and 6:38 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 32-153B]\n\n        Cole\n            -Location\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n                 -Georgia\n             -Phone number\n             -Call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["032-153.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"032-152","nextCode":"032-154","transcript":[{"start":1.08,"end":2.4,"text":"Uh, Ken Cole, please."},{"start":2.42,"end":3,"text":"This is Haldeman."},{"start":3.24,"end":3.74,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":10.04,"end":12.1,"text":"Mr. Cole's office."},{"start":12.12,"end":13.06,"text":"Bob Haldeman, is Ken there?"},{"start":13.64,"end":14.43,"text":"Uh, no, he's not."},{"start":14.51,"end":15.23,"text":"He's in Georgia."},{"start":15.81,"end":17.29,"text":"They have a number where he can be reached."},{"start":18.58,"end":18.84,"text":"Oh, no."},{"start":18.86,"end":19.56,"text":"We'll catch her later."},{"start":19.58,"end":19.9,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":20.06,"end":20.52,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman attempted to contact Kenneth Cole, Jr. via the White House switchboard to discuss urgent administrative business. After learning that Cole was traveling in Georgia, Haldeman consulted with an assistant in Cole's office to obtain contact information and facilitate a potential call to John D. Ehrlichman. Ultimately, Haldeman decided to postpone the outreach after determining the connection could not be immediately established.","topics":["Kenneth Cole Jr.","H. R. Haldeman","John D. Ehrlichman","White House communications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:14:07.829Z"},"topicSlugs":["kenneth-cole-jr","h-r-haldeman","john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-153.mp3","bytes":599979,"durationSec":24.95,"bitrate":192403,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.413Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-153.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-153","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-153","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}