{"conversationCode":"258-018","tapeNumber":258,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-258-018","startDateTime":"1971-06-14T23:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-14T23:58:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Jun-1971","startTime":"7:56 PM","endDate":"14-Jun-1971","endTime":"7:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On June 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:56 pm to 7:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-018 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. 258-18\n\nDate: June 14, 1971\nTime: 7:56 pm - 7:58 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n[See Conversation No. 5-78]","filename":["258-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:30:58","tapeEnd":"00:32:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"258-017","nextCode":"258-019","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":9.31,"text":"I had an idea that, perhaps the worst part of what occurred to me, that this is something we might pull off."},{"start":9.36,"end":19.56,"text":"You get a couple like Kendall and some of the big advertisers called, take one network, zero it on, have a big episode, get it, it's fantastic, and everyone is talking about it."},{"start":19.68,"end":22.08,"text":"It's a modern thing, right?"},{"start":22.14,"end":23.16,"text":"Very interesting."},{"start":29.12,"end":29.3,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":29.32,"end":29.54,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":29.6,"end":29.84,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":29.86,"end":30.06,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":71.33,"end":71.43,"text":"Oh, no!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss a strategic plan to exert pressure on the television networks by leveraging the influence of major corporate advertisers. Nixon proposes focusing on a single network to create a high-profile confrontation, aiming to manipulate media coverage through economic coercion. The brief exchange reflects the administration's ongoing efforts to challenge and undermine perceived hostile media outlets.","topics":["Media relations","Television networks","Corporate pressure","Public relations strategy","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:09:51.722Z"},"topicSlugs":["media-relations","television-networks","corporate-pressure","public-relations-strategy","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":72,"audioFiles":[{"file":"258-018.mp3","bytes":2899399,"durationSec":72.34,"bitrate":320641,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/258-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/258/conversation-258-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}