{"conversationCode":"275-017","tapeNumber":275,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-275-017","startDateTime":"1971-09-07T20:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-07T21:09:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:55 PM","endDate":"7-Sep-1971","endTime":"5:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On September 7, 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 4:55 pm and 5:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 275-017 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. 275-017\n\nDate: September 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:55 pm and 5:09 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Possible Delaware trip\n                -John W. Rollins\n                      -Possible reception\n                           -Timing\n                           -Guests\n                                  -Dinner chairmen\n                                  -[Republican National Committee [RNC]] State finance people\n                           -Dinner\n\n     The President's forthcoming call to Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes","filename":["275-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:48:48","tapeEnd":"01:50:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"275-016","nextCode":"275-018","transcript":[{"start":2.98,"end":3.58,"text":"I would..."},{"start":26.26,"end":48.97,"text":"uh get all of his meetings get all of the dinner channels and people that are going to work on the dinner and all that sort of thing there you're talking right but i mean just having it doesn't have to be a big one in other words"},{"start":49.82,"end":58.95,"text":"for the dinner for, and he could have an actual committee of people, he could have some dates with an ex-chairman from around the factory, and so on."},{"start":58.99,"end":60.13,"text":"It's traffic, it's not traffic."},{"start":60.19,"end":60.61,"text":"How would that be?"},{"start":60.63,"end":64.4,"text":"I'd do that before the dinner, and it's not in the way."},{"start":64.42,"end":64.78,"text":"Play it, please."},{"start":64.82,"end":69.13,"text":"It's about, I'll talk to you about it next year."},{"start":70.21,"end":71.01,"text":"It's a free one, too."},{"start":71.07,"end":71.93,"text":"It's flying, kind of."},{"start":71.97,"end":75.38,"text":"I'll go back and talk to you about it."},{"start":75.4,"end":78.78,"text":"Let me, let me talk to you about it."},{"start":78.86,"end":79.12,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the logistics for a potential political trip to Delaware involving John W. Rollins. The discussion focused on scheduling a reception and dinner, specifically addressing the selection of committee members, dinner chairmen, and RNC finance officials. The President also planned an upcoming call to Major General James D. Hughes to discuss these arrangements.","topics":["Delaware trip","John W. Rollins","Political fundraising","Republican National Committee","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:48:45.630Z"},"topicSlugs":["delaware-trip","john-w-rollins","political-fundraising","republican-national-committee","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":79,"audioFiles":[{"file":"275-017.mp3","bytes":3169627,"durationSec":79.1,"bitrate":320568,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/275-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/275-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/275/conversation-275-017","catalogNaId":417184169,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417184169","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}