{"conversationCode":"035-131","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":131,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-131","startDateTime":"1973-01-11T15:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-11T16:03:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:20 AM","endDate":"11-Jan-1973","endTime":"11:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On January 11, 1973, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 11:03 am. 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Agnew\n\nHaldeman talked with an unknown person in Agnew's office at an unknown time between 10:20\nam and 11:03 am.\n\n       Request for Agnew\n\nHaldeman talked with Agnew at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 11:03 am.\n\f                                            -114-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                        (rev. Oct.-07)\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 35-131 (cont’d)\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Meeting with Agnew\n                  -Timing\n                  -Middle East\n                         -Vietnam negotiations\n                               -Paris","filename":["035-131.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"035-130","nextCode":"035-132","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":3.46,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.48,"end":3.82,"text":"Hello."},{"start":3.84,"end":4.42,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.44,"end":5.08,"text":"This is Haldeman."},{"start":5.1,"end":17.03,"text":"Could I have the vice president, please?"},{"start":17.05,"end":18.12,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":18.14,"end":20.56,"text":"The vice president, please, for Mr. Haldeman."},{"start":20.84,"end":21.74,"text":"One moment."},{"start":21.76,"end":27.25,"text":"I'll see if he's available."},{"start":27.27,"end":27.39,"text":"Hello."},{"start":31.72,"end":44.89,"text":"Thank you for holding."},{"start":44.91,"end":46.71,"text":"Would you please put Mr. Alderman on line?"},{"start":46.73,"end":46.87,"text":"I'm on."},{"start":47.15,"end":48.37,"text":"Thank you, Mr. Alderman."},{"start":48.85,"end":50.14,"text":"One moment, please."},{"start":55.55,"end":56.39,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":57.39,"end":61.64,"text":"We can work it out for 1130 this morning if that's okay for you."},{"start":61.96,"end":62.36,"text":"Fine."},{"start":62.86,"end":63.58,"text":"Would that work out?"},{"start":64.16,"end":65.54,"text":"Yeah, that'll be fine, Bob."},{"start":65.56,"end":65.8,"text":"All right."},{"start":65.92,"end":69.62,"text":"Is there anything that he should have, anything you want him to be prepared on?"},{"start":71.08,"end":83.62,"text":"Well, what I want to discuss with him basically relates to the Middle East and a couple of ideas I have with regard to how that fits into"},{"start":84.2,"end":87.33,"text":"some of the high visibility problems in Paris."},{"start":88.25,"end":88.75,"text":"Okay."},{"start":88.77,"end":92.68,"text":"So I think his general awareness of the situation is all he needs."},{"start":92.74,"end":93.69,"text":"Any background."},{"start":93.71,"end":94.39,"text":"Okay."},{"start":94.41,"end":94.75,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":94.77,"end":95.53,"text":"Very good, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman coordinates a meeting between President Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew for 11:30 a.m. that morning. The primary objective of the session is to discuss Middle East policy and its strategic connection to ongoing high-visibility negotiations in Paris. Haldeman confirms that the Vice President requires no specific briefing materials, only a general awareness of the current situation.","topics":["Spiro Agnew","Middle East policy","Vietnam negotiations","Paris peace talks","White House scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:52:51.000Z"},"topicSlugs":["spiro-agnew","middle-east-policy","vietnam-negotiations","paris-peace-talks","white-house-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":102,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-131.mp3","bytes":2456981,"durationSec":102.23,"bitrate":192277,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-131.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-131","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-131","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}