{"conversationCode":"255-036","tapeNumber":255,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-255-036","startDateTime":"1971-06-09T17:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-09T18:53:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jun-1971","startTime":"1:32 PM","endDate":"9-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On June 9, 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 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-036 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. 255-36\n\nDate: June 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n     Haldeman’s schedule","filename":["255-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:23:40","tapeEnd":"03:25:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"255-035","nextCode":"255-037","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.66,"text":"I think I want you all to be free now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to discuss scheduling arrangements for the Chief of Staff. The primary focus involved reorganizing Haldeman's availability to better accommodate the President's needs. Nixon indicated a desire for Haldeman to clear his schedule to allow for increased flexibility in their upcoming interactions.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Scheduling","White House Staffing","Presidential Advisers"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:03:26.905Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","scheduling","white-house-staffing","presidential-advisers"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"255-036.mp3","bytes":293407,"durationSec":7.2,"bitrate":326167,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/255-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/255-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/255/conversation-255-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}