{"conversationCode":"250-008","tapeNumber":250,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-250-008","startDateTime":"1971-04-16T16:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-16T16:20:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1971","startTime":"11:12 AM","endDate":"16-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:20 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 11:12 am and 11:20 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-008 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. 250-8\n\nDate: April 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:12 am and 11:20 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n     Haldeman’s schedule\n          -Meeting with President","filename":["250-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:48:03","tapeEnd":"01:52:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"250-007","nextCode":"250-009","transcript":[{"start":4.13,"end":9.78,"text":"You free now or are you busy?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman convened in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate the President's immediate agenda. The brief discussion served primarily as a check-in to determine the President's availability for further administrative business. No specific policy decisions were recorded during this initial administrative exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Scheduling","White House operations","Presidential agenda"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:41:32.874Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","scheduling","white-house-operations","presidential-agenda"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"250-008.mp3","bytes":423892,"durationSec":10.46,"bitrate":324187,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/250-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/250-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/250/conversation-250-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}