{"conversationCode":"250-013","tapeNumber":250,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-250-013","startDateTime":"1971-04-16T17:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-16T20:15:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1971","startTime":"12:45 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:15 PM","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 12:45 pm and 3:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-013 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. 250-13\n\nDate: April 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 3:15 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?]\n\n     [Prisoner of War wives]\n           -Instructions for unknown person [Haldeman?]\n                 -William P. Rogers’ assignment\n           -Major General James D. (“Don”) Hughes","filename":["250-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:26:11","tapeEnd":"03:27:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"250-012","nextCode":"250-014","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":3.12,"text":"I don't want this thing to get out of hand."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed the management of interaction with the wives of American Prisoners of War to prevent the issue from becoming politically unmanageable. The President provided instructions to Haldeman regarding the oversight of this group and specifically designated Secretary of State William P. Rogers to lead the administration's handling of the matter. Major General James D. Hughes was also identified as a key figure in coordinating these efforts.","topics":["Prisoners of War","William P. Rogers","James D. Hughes","White House management","Vietnam War"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:41:59.353Z"},"topicSlugs":["prisoners-of-war","william-p-rogers","james-d-hughes","white-house-management","vietnam-war"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"250-013.mp3","bytes":697655,"durationSec":17.31,"bitrate":322507,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/250-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/250-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/250/conversation-250-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}