{"conversationCode":"248-012","tapeNumber":248,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-248-012","startDateTime":"1971-04-14T20:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-14T21:20:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:07 PM","endDate":"14-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On April 14, 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 3:07 pm and 4:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 248-012 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. 248-12\n\nDate: April 14, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:07 pm and 4:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n     Tricia Nixon’s wedding\n           -Ronald L. Ziegler\n           -Unknown man’s role in planning details\n           -Possible Look magazine story\n           -Magazine coverage\n           -Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart\n           -Haldeman and Ziegler","filename":["248-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:15:03","tapeEnd":"00:16:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"248-011","nextCode":"248-013","transcript":[{"start":4.21,"end":8.76,"text":"And work out the holes."},{"start":25.99,"end":27.17,"text":"the whole deal is sort of planned."},{"start":27.19,"end":30.01,"text":"See, I can guide this thing, by the way, if we want it done."},{"start":30.15,"end":33.98,"text":"And then, like, I don't want to question, like, how should we do the look?"},{"start":34.02,"end":36.62,"text":"Make sure I'm right on the right place."},{"start":36.64,"end":38.64,"text":"I mean, I know I'm planning and all that stuff."},{"start":39.48,"end":40.52,"text":"We should do the look."},{"start":40.6,"end":45.3,"text":"We're going to do the price and the age and do the road."},{"start":45.32,"end":48.56,"text":"I'd like to do, for example, a nice sport magazine for something."},{"start":48.64,"end":50.34,"text":"So that's sort of, how do we get the pictures?"},{"start":50.37,"end":52.21,"text":"I'd like to really get the business done."},{"start":53.01,"end":56.7,"text":"in a way that Connie would never be able to plan."},{"start":56.76,"end":59.43,"text":"But you can execute on it."},{"start":59.49,"end":60.41,"text":"So you can do it."},{"start":60.43,"end":61.75,"text":"You can do it."},{"start":61.83,"end":63.13,"text":"You set up a little team to do that."},{"start":63.69,"end":64.05,"text":"Fine."},{"start":64.27,"end":64.5,"text":"Go ahead."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate the media strategy and logistical planning for Tricia Nixon’s upcoming wedding. The discussion focuses on managing press coverage, including a potential feature in Look magazine, to ensure the event is captured and presented according to the President's vision. Nixon instructs Haldeman to assemble a specialized team to execute these plans and oversee details that fall outside the purview of the First Lady’s staff.","topics":["Tricia Nixon","Wedding planning","Media relations","Look magazine","Public relations","H. R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:37:09.534Z"},"topicSlugs":["tricia-nixon","wedding-planning","media-relations","look-magazine","public-relations","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":67,"audioFiles":[{"file":"248-012.mp3","bytes":2693410,"durationSec":67.2,"bitrate":320635,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/248-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/248-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/248/conversation-248-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}