{"conversationCode":"034-100","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":100,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-100","startDateTime":"1972-12-16T20:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-16T21:27:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:45 PM","endDate":"16-Dec-1972","endTime":"4:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On December 16, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:27 pm. 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Armstrong\n            -Counselor to the President\n                 -Leaks\n                       -Washington Star\n                       -Cabinet rank\n                       -Timing\n                       -Texas\n                              -Dallas newspapers\n                              -Haldeman’s forthcoming meeting with Ziegler","filename":["034-100.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"034-099","nextCode":"034-101","transcript":[{"start":1.25,"end":3.29,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":3.37,"end":14.53,"text":"Is this Mr. Holder?"},{"start":16.15,"end":18.81,"text":"Yes."},{"start":19.39,"end":22.36,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":34.24,"end":35.56,"text":"Ron?"},{"start":35.58,"end":35.94,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":36.6,"end":38.92,"text":"Would you like to run a leak to the star for Sunday?"},{"start":39.3,"end":39.48,"text":"No."},{"start":40.24,"end":40.61,"text":"Ron?"},{"start":40.63,"end":40.87,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":40.89,"end":43.35,"text":"What is it?"},{"start":43.37,"end":47.6,"text":"The appointment of Ann Armstrong as counselor to the president with rank."},{"start":52.02,"end":54.78,"text":"What will her duties be?"},{"start":55.29,"end":56.27,"text":"I'll give you a rundown on them."},{"start":56.29,"end":57.71,"text":"How long do we need?"},{"start":58.51,"end":61.7,"text":"I would like to have something here at 4.35."},{"start":62.65,"end":66.88,"text":"Okay, I'll be over and give you a..."},{"start":66.9,"end":68.91,"text":"This is great."},{"start":68.92,"end":69.53,"text":"This is really great."},{"start":70.25,"end":71.25,"text":"Let's leak it to the..."},{"start":71.85,"end":72.97,"text":"I don't want to talk to Ann."},{"start":72.99,"end":75.23,"text":"Let's leak it to the... Tribune."},{"start":75.33,"end":76.26,"text":"Our friends in Dallas."},{"start":76.94,"end":77.8,"text":"Oh, yeah, absolutely."},{"start":79.72,"end":83.51,"text":"I don't know where she is in Texas, but the Dallas papers through our good friends."},{"start":85.17,"end":87.08,"text":"Big Texas story."},{"start":88.51,"end":92.5,"text":"good Texas papers our friends down there and figure who we can give it to down there."},{"start":98.77,"end":99.68,"text":"Think about that."},{"start":99.7,"end":103.65,"text":"Don't do anything on it and I'll be over in a few minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman and Ronald Ziegler coordinate the strategic release of information regarding the appointment of Anne L. Armstrong as Counselor to the President. Rather than utilizing the Washington Star, they decide to leak the announcement to friendly newspapers in Texas to maximize the impact of the news. Haldeman tasks Ziegler with finalizing the details and identifying the appropriate media outlets before they meet in person to formalize the plan.","topics":["Anne L. Armstrong","Media Leaks","Public Relations","Press Strategy","Personnel Appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:35:37.059Z"},"topicSlugs":["anne-l-armstrong","media-leaks","public-relations","press-strategy","personnel-appointments"],"audioDurationSec":110,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-100.mp3","bytes":2634663,"durationSec":109.64,"bitrate":192241,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-100.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-100","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-100","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}