{"conversationCode":"256-018","tapeNumber":256,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-256-018","startDateTime":"1971-06-01T15:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-01T16:06:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jun-1971","startTime":"11:30 AM","endDate":"1-Jun-1971","endTime":"12:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On June 1, 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 11:30 am and 12:06 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-018 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. 256-18\n\nDate: June 1, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:30 am and 12:06 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n     Press conference preparation\n           -Return call with response\n\n     Gun control","filename":["256-018-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:27:13","tapeEnd":"00:28:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"256-017","nextCode":"256-019","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman discussed strategy for an upcoming press conference, specifically regarding gun control legislation. Nixon instructed Haldeman to ensure that Republican committee members hold firm to their position against proposed gun control measures, emphasizing that they should not \"cave\" on the issue. The immediate action item was for Haldeman to return a call with this guidance.","topics":["gun control","press conference preparation","Republican strategy","legislative position","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:56:49.861Z"},"topicSlugs":["gun-control","press-conference-preparation","republican-strategy","legislative-position","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":65,"audioFiles":[{"file":"256-018-splice.mp3","bytes":1040345,"durationSec":64.99,"bitrate":128056,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:00.188Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:12.153Z","originalFilename":["256a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["256a.mp3"],"cutStart":1559.5,"cutEnd":1624.5,"adjustedStart":1559.5,"adjustedEnd":1624.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:00.188Z"},"transcript":[{"start":1559.5,"end":1577.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Oh, say Bob, would you return call to [unintelligible] just give him this guidance that he'll hold to his position. He's called saying the Republicans on the Committee are gonna go down, and of course maybe, maybe, they won't, but let's, we can't cave before the, gun control, okay?"},{"start":1577.5,"end":1579.5,"speaker":"Haldeman","text":"Yeah."},{"start":1579.5,"end":1580.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Hold to the, hold to the position."},{"start":1580.5,"end":1581.5,"speaker":"Haldeman","text":"Okay."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1633,"end":1695,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:40:17.632Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/256-018-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/256-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/256/conversation-256-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}