{"conversationCode":"278-010","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-010","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T17:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T17:58:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"1:52 PM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"1:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On September 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 1:52 pm and 1:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-010 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. 278-10\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:52 pm and 1:58 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Conversation with Robert H. Finch\n         -Finch's view of the President's speech\n         -Robert T. Monagan\n               -Abilities\n               -Ronald W. Reagan\n               -Recruitment to administration\n                     -John N. Mitchell\n\n     Unknown person\n         -Call from Clark MacGregor","filename":["278-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:13:34","tapeEnd":"00:14:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"278-009","nextCode":"278-011","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":2.73,"text":"You couldn't get it by yourself?"},{"start":2.75,"end":4.66,"text":"Of course, yeah."},{"start":4.67,"end":9.56,"text":"Yeah, I talked to Ben and tried to talk to him."},{"start":11.28,"end":14.82,"text":"His idea of Monaghan, I think, is excellent."},{"start":14.9,"end":16.06,"text":"Monaghan, I like him."},{"start":16.08,"end":18.81,"text":"He's always been a very good man."},{"start":18.83,"end":20.41,"text":"He's got a tremendous public interest."},{"start":20.43,"end":24.27,"text":"He'd be a great asset in the next generation."},{"start":25.92,"end":38.84,"text":"He gets along with Rick, and he's sophisticated, and you just tell Mitchell, I want mine, and then let's do it that way."},{"start":39.22,"end":39.38,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":39.56,"end":39.68,"text":"Good."},{"start":39.7,"end":50.43,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":53.02,"end":63.48,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":63.68,"end":65.44,"text":"I got it."},{"start":66.6,"end":68.16,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed the political recruitment of Robert T. Monagan to the administration following a positive assessment from Robert H. Finch. The President expressed strong support for Monagan's abilities and his potential to work effectively with Ronald Reagan, instructing Haldeman to coordinate with Attorney General John N. Mitchell to finalize the appointment. Additionally, the pair touched upon a recent phone call involving Clark MacGregor.","topics":["Robert T. Monagan","Personnel recruitment","John N. Mitchell","Robert H. Finch","Administration staffing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:55:51.047Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-t-monagan","personnel-recruitment","john-n-mitchell","robert-h-finch","administration-staffing"],"audioDurationSec":70,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-010.mp3","bytes":2792803,"durationSec":69.68,"bitrate":320620,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}