{"conversationCode":"250-003","tapeNumber":250,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-250-003","startDateTime":"1971-04-16T13:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-16T14:40:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1971","startTime":"8:58 AM","endDate":"16-Apr-1971","endTime":"9:40 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On April 16, 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 8:58 am and 9:40 am. 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Gordon\n          -Picture\n\n     Newspaper story\n         -[Commerce Department study on consumer buying]\n         -Connally\n         -George P. Shultz\n         -Unknown assistant Secretary of Commerce\n               -Maurice H. Stans\n         -Paul W. McCracken\n         -Editors\n         -George S. McGovern and Norris Cotton\n               -Dispute about Vietnam War\n         -William B. Saxbe\n               -Letter to Saxbe’s son\n\n     Instructions for Haldeman to set up a meeting with an unknown man [Saxbe?]\n\n     People’s Republic of China [PRC] story\n\n     Haldeman’s schedule","filename":["250-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:43","tapeEnd":"00:23:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"250-002","nextCode":"250-004","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":2.59,"text":"Bob, what is, I think there's something, a rose garden at noon going, apparently."},{"start":2.61,"end":3.11,"text":"Whose room is this?"},{"start":3.13,"end":3.51,"text":"I see nothing."},{"start":30.6,"end":32.26,"text":"They think they're all right."},{"start":32.3,"end":33,"text":"Not a bunch of nuts."},{"start":62.47,"end":63.53,"text":"We'll give them a little gift then."},{"start":63.55,"end":64.43,"text":"We'll give them a gift then."},{"start":64.49,"end":65.37,"text":"Let's give them all of it."},{"start":65.39,"end":66.61,"text":"Clips there to see if there's any of that."},{"start":66.63,"end":66.71,"text":"Okay."},{"start":88.29,"end":89.03,"text":"Well, that's fine."},{"start":89.09,"end":91.55,"text":"How about the, uh, the, uh, the Lasker thing?"},{"start":91.57,"end":94.33,"text":"That's our, what harder words to answer, I think, is the law."},{"start":94.43,"end":96.97,"text":"I invited Conley to come over."},{"start":97.15,"end":100.77,"text":"I thought it would be, I just didn't think that she was good to go with."},{"start":100.79,"end":105.25,"text":"I don't want to invite other judges, but Conley is, I want to keep her here."},{"start":105.31,"end":105.39,"text":"Levy?"},{"start":105.5,"end":105.8,"text":"Gus Levy."},{"start":105.83,"end":106.44,"text":"Oh, of course."},{"start":106.61,"end":108.54,"text":"He's good to him, but that's Levy's job."},{"start":115.66,"end":116.88,"text":"Those are three good friends."},{"start":116.9,"end":117.48,"text":"Yeah, that's right."},{"start":117.54,"end":118.2,"text":"Okay, anything else?"},{"start":150.5,"end":152.12,"text":"You know, I was taking a trip with a neighbor this morning."},{"start":152.16,"end":153.52,"text":"You know, we got to go to the next district."},{"start":153.54,"end":154.24,"text":"You know, they're dirty something."},{"start":154.32,"end":157.29,"text":"Now they all, there's a guy over in college, and some of all the counselors, you know, they're selling, saving money."},{"start":157.31,"end":158.65,"text":"You know, of course that's true, but why did that kill them?"},{"start":158.67,"end":159.27,"text":"Do they have to say that?"},{"start":159.29,"end":160.27,"text":"You know, what are they trying to prove, man?"},{"start":179.57,"end":180.25,"text":"The lead is strong, I agree"},{"start":206.23,"end":210.5,"text":"The lead, and I hope all understand, but I think the lead, and that's because of George."},{"start":210.56,"end":229.98,"text":"If we had had to agree to it, and I think you would have agreed to it, and I think you would have agreed to it, and I think you would have agreed to it, and I think you would have agreed to it, and I think you would have agreed to it, and I think you would have agreed to it, and I think you would have agreed to it, and I think you would have agreed to it, and I think you would have agreed to it,"},{"start":241.87,"end":242.81,"text":"I'm going to go to the editors."},{"start":242.83,"end":243.55,"text":"I'm going to go to the editors."},{"start":243.57,"end":244.45,"text":"I'm going to go to the editors."},{"start":266.85,"end":268.75,"text":"You've got to have, I've heard several things that don't work out."},{"start":268.77,"end":269.45,"text":"Not for me, but somebody else."},{"start":269.47,"end":270.03,"text":"Well, maybe you see the light."},{"start":270.07,"end":270.57,"text":"But I wanted to come in"},{"start":296.76,"end":297.3,"text":"Well, that's fine, Bob."},{"start":297.32,"end":297.8,"text":"That's very much."},{"start":297.82,"end":298,"text":"Oh, Bob."},{"start":298.04,"end":298.78,"text":"Well, what's new in your life today?"},{"start":298.8,"end":300.28,"text":"The China story still bounces around pretty good, doesn't it?"},{"start":300.3,"end":300.38,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":300.4,"end":301.61,"text":"If you've got a little time right now, are you free?"},{"start":301.62,"end":301.73,"text":"Fine."},{"start":301.76,"end":302.13,"text":"That's very fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman reviewed the President's upcoming schedule, including a Rose Garden reception for the Rio Grande City High School Student Council and a meeting with business leaders Bernard Lasker, John Connally, and Gustave Levy. They discussed press management regarding a Commerce Department consumer buying study and recent controversies surrounding the Vietnam War, particularly involving George McGovern and William Saxbe. Nixon also instructed Haldeman to facilitate a meeting with an unidentified individual, likely Senator Saxbe, to address these ongoing political disputes.","topics":["Presidential Scheduling","Media Relations","Vietnam War","Economic Policy","Political Strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:41:03.491Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","media-relations","vietnam-war","economic-policy","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":323,"audioFiles":[{"file":"250-003.mp3","bytes":12914602,"durationSec":322.72,"bitrate":320145,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/250-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/250-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/250/conversation-250-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}