{"conversationCode":"276-006","tapeNumber":276,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-276-006","startDateTime":"1971-09-10T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-10T19:53:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:51 PM","endDate":"10-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On September 10, 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 3:51 pm and 3:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 276-006 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. 276-6\n\nDate: September 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:51-3:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting with Donald H. Rumsfeld\n               -The President's location","filename":["276-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:41:08","tapeEnd":"00:41:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"276-005","nextCode":"276-007","transcript":[{"start":2.32,"end":7.4,"text":"I would like to talk to Rumsfeld."},{"start":7.5,"end":12.16,"text":"Would it be good if you all could sit down and talk about politics?"},{"start":13.2,"end":15.74,"text":"Why don't you pick him up?"},{"start":16.95,"end":17.97,"text":"I don't know."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman discuss scheduling a meeting with Donald Rumsfeld to deliberate on political matters. The President directs Haldeman to coordinate the logistics for this session and determine an appropriate location for their discussion. This brief exchange serves to organize internal political strategy and facilitate communication with a key advisor.","topics":["Donald Rumsfeld","Political Strategy","White House Scheduling","Staff Management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:50:45.630Z"},"topicSlugs":["donald-rumsfeld","political-strategy","white-house-scheduling","staff-management"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"276-006.mp3","bytes":859742,"durationSec":21.36,"bitrate":322055,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/276-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/276-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/276/conversation-276-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}