{"conversationCode":"246-012","tapeNumber":246,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-246-012","startDateTime":"1971-04-07T19:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-07T20:10:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:11 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:11 pm and 3:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 246-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 246-012\nPage | 27\nWhite House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:11 pm and 3:10 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?]\nPresident’s forthcoming speech April 7, 1971\n-Changes","filename":["246-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:19:47","tapeEnd":"03:20:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"246-011","nextCode":"246-013","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":15.11,"text":"Before I, uh, get the, uh, start to work on mine, on mine, I'll be marking it up."},{"start":15.12,"end":16.73,"text":"Are there any other changes you think that we can have down under the water?"},{"start":16.75,"end":17.55,"text":"Just a second, let me get my cup."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate revisions for the President's upcoming address scheduled for that evening. The discussion focused on finalizing specific language and potential last-minute edits to the text of the speech. They agreed to mark up the draft to ensure the messaging was optimized before the President prepared his final delivery.","topics":["Presidential speech","Speechwriting","Public relations","Administration strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:32:41.378Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-speech","speechwriting","public-relations","administration-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"246-012.mp3","bytes":1130371,"durationSec":28.12,"bitrate":321632,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.481Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/246-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/246-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/246/conversation-246-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}