{"conversationCode":"272-005","tapeNumber":272,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-272-005","startDateTime":"1971-08-09T17:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-09T18:01:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Aug-1971","startTime":"1:58 PM","endDate":"9-Aug-1971","endTime":"2:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On August 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 1:58 pm and 2:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 272-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 272-005\n\nDate: August 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:58 pm and 2:01 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Forthcoming meeting\n                 -Haldeman and John B. Connally\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["272-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:20:15","tapeEnd":"00:22:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"272-004","nextCode":"272-006","transcript":[{"start":5.2,"end":9.75,"text":"I wondered if you could tell us how many of you, two of you, right?"},{"start":9.77,"end":15.93,"text":"There's one now, and four, and four, and three, and four, and three, and four, and three, and four."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman briefly conferred regarding the logistics and attendance for an upcoming meeting involving John B. Connally. The discussion focused on finalizing the participant list and coordinating the schedule for this session. No major policy decisions were made during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","John B. Connally","H. R. Haldeman","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:36:24.130Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","john-b-connally","h-r-haldeman","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"272-005.mp3","bytes":771971,"durationSec":19.17,"bitrate":322111,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:14.383Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/272-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/272-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/272/conversation-272-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}