{"conversationCode":"250-031","tapeNumber":250,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-250-031","startDateTime":"1971-04-17T00:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-17T00:05:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1971","startTime":"7:04 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 7:04 pm to 7:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-031 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. 250-31\n\nDate: April 16, 1971\nTime: 7:04 pm - 7:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n     President’s conversation with Henry A. Kissinger\n          -Follow-up\n          -Administration’s possible response to media\n\n     Preparations for editors’ meeting","filename":["250-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:00:40","tapeEnd":"04:01:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"250-030","nextCode":"250-032","transcript":[{"start":0.31,"end":3.05,"text":"You can actually test it with this director."},{"start":3.15,"end":6.09,"text":"By the way, I have one other idea of this computer."},{"start":7.09,"end":10.4,"text":"I've got a follow-up to someone here."},{"start":10.52,"end":15.38,"text":"I'm not sure who it is, but it's sort of a good impression."},{"start":15.54,"end":17.68,"text":"It's not about this."},{"start":17.7,"end":20.12,"text":"It's sort of this point."},{"start":20.23,"end":23.41,"text":"It's about this little... Well, basically, it's a book."},{"start":23.43,"end":24.23,"text":"It's quite candid."},{"start":24.25,"end":26.67,"text":"We didn't write it in the red, but we should."},{"start":26.69,"end":28.67,"text":"We don't believe it, but it's true."},{"start":29.13,"end":30.03,"text":"I don't get it."},{"start":30.72,"end":33.52,"text":"I know they have less workers than you can get."},{"start":35.24,"end":36.16,"text":"Don't worry about it."},{"start":36.18,"end":40.62,"text":"All right, don't worry about it for the reason that I'm asking."},{"start":40.64,"end":43.2,"text":"I mean, I gave you that question."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met briefly to discuss follow-up actions related to a previous conversation with Henry Kissinger and the administration's strategic response to media coverage. The discussion also touched upon preparations for an upcoming meeting with news editors. The dialogue remained informal, focusing on administrative coordination and media management tactics.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Media relations","Press management","Executive communication","H. R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:43:35.062Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","media-relations","press-management","executive-communication","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":44,"audioFiles":[{"file":"250-031.mp3","bytes":1751957,"durationSec":43.65,"bitrate":321057,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/250-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/250-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/250/conversation-250-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}