{"conversationCode":"044-068","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-068","startDateTime":"1973-03-29T19:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-29T20:01:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:46 PM","endDate":"29-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator;","description":"On March 29, 1973, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 3:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-068 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 0","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 044-068\n\nDate: March 29, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:46 pm and 3:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator. John D. Ehrlichman can be\nheard in the background.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 426-4A]\n\n       Call to Ronald L. Ziegler [?]\n\nHaldeman conferred with the President and Ehrlichman at an unknown time.\n\n       Possible statement on Watergate\n             -Judicial system\n\n[See Conversation 426-4]\n\n[End of conferral]","filename":["044-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-067","nextCode":"044-069","transcript":[{"start":6.54,"end":30.24,"text":"president feels do you want ron the president feels that since charges of such a serious legal nature have been leveled the judicial dash grand jury form is the proper one in which to have the facts heard in the judiciary there you are ron yes can you come over yes you're gonna breathe no i'm finished"},{"start":30.74,"end":32.25,"text":"You don't have an afternoon briefing?"},{"start":32.43,"end":34.04,"text":"No."},{"start":34.06,"end":35.27,"text":"We have something we may want you to put out."},{"start":35.95,"end":37.14,"text":"Well, we can arrange that."},{"start":37.16,"end":37.84,"text":"Okay, come on over."},{"start":37.9,"end":39.17,"text":"The EOB."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman and the White House operator facilitate a meeting between the President and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler to coordinate a formal administration response to the Watergate scandal. The participants decide to channel the White House’s defense through the judicial and grand jury system rather than via press briefings. Ziegler is summoned to the Executive Office Building to receive instructions on releasing this official statement.","topics":["Watergate","Ronald Ziegler","Grand jury","Judicial system","Public relations","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:51:06.672Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","ronald-ziegler","grand-jury","judicial-system","public-relations","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-068.mp3","bytes":1673216,"durationSec":41.74,"bitrate":320702,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.251Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}