{"conversationCode":"043-172","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":172,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-172","startDateTime":"1973-02-22T19:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-22T20:16:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Feb-1973","startTime":"2:47 PM","endDate":"22-Feb-1973","endTime":"3:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); [Unknown person(s)]; Timmons, William E.;","description":"On February 22, 1973, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-172 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 43-172\n\nDate: February 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:47 pm and 3:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with an unknown person [William E. Timmons ?].\n\n       The President's schedule\n            -Meeting\n                  -Howard H. Baker, Jr.","filename":["043-172.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","[Unknown person(s)]","Timmons, William E."],"prevCode":"043-171","nextCode":"043-173","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":8.86,"text":"President will see Howard at 4 o'clock if he could work that at the EOB office."},{"start":10.08,"end":10.2,"text":"Okay."},{"start":10.22,"end":12.74,"text":"I'll have him come into here, and I'll take him over there."},{"start":12.82,"end":13.65,"text":"And you'll see him alone?"},{"start":14.05,"end":14.35,"text":"Alone."},{"start":14.71,"end":14.93,"text":"Right."},{"start":15.81,"end":15.91,"text":"Okay."},{"start":15.93,"end":19.52,"text":"And obviously on a totally unannounced basis."},{"start":19.54,"end":20.36,"text":"Right."},{"start":20.38,"end":20.56,"text":"Okay."},{"start":20.76,"end":21.12,"text":"Good-o."},{"start":21.22,"end":21.64,"text":"Very good."},{"start":21.82,"end":22.58,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman coordinates with William E. Timmons to arrange an unannounced, private meeting between President Nixon and Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. The participants finalize plans for the Senator to meet the President at the Executive Office Building that afternoon. This off-the-record encounter was strictly confidential, requiring the Senator to be escorted directly to the President.","topics":["Howard H. Baker Jr.","Presidential Schedule","White House secrecy","Executive Office Building","Political strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:39:34.839Z"},"topicSlugs":["howard-h-baker-jr","presidential-schedule","white-house-secrecy","executive-office-building","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-172.mp3","bytes":704068,"durationSec":29.2,"bitrate":192895,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-172.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-172","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-172","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}