{"conversationCode":"248-015","tapeNumber":248,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-248-015","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 248-015 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. 248-15\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     Polls\n             -Ending the Vietnam War\n                  -Congress\n                  -Results","filename":["248-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:27","tapeEnd":"00:22:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"248-014","nextCode":"248-016","transcript":[{"start":3.15,"end":26.3,"text":"The approval, disapproval of an award, if you get that one out, that should be an accurate one."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman consulted to review public opinion polling data regarding the ongoing Vietnam War effort. They specifically evaluated how current approval ratings might influence congressional legislative strategies and public perception. The discussion focused on synthesizing these poll results to determine the most effective political messaging for the administration's policy goals.","topics":["Vietnam War","public opinion polls","congressional relations","political strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:37:26.624Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","public-opinion-polls","congressional-relations","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"248-015.mp3","bytes":1070683,"durationSec":26.63,"bitrate":321660,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/248-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/248-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/248/conversation-248-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}