{"conversationCode":"278-018","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-018","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T18:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T18:28:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:19 PM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 2:19 pm to 2:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-018 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. 278-18\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\nTime: 2:19 pm - 2:28 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 8-77]","filename":["278-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:21:57","tapeEnd":"00:22:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"278-017","nextCode":"278-019","transcript":[{"start":3.08,"end":3.5,"text":"Okay."},{"start":5.03,"end":5.49,"text":"That's good."},{"start":12.07,"end":23.92,"text":"It really wasn't that good, but it was, yeah."},{"start":23.96,"end":24.14,"text":"On TV."},{"start":26.13,"end":27.55,"text":"Well, you can go."},{"start":27.59,"end":28.31,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met briefly in the Old Executive Office Building to review the effectiveness of a recent televised appearance. The two discussed the public reception of the event, with the President offering a candid, if brief, assessment of the performance's quality. No significant policy decisions or further action items were recorded during this short interaction.","topics":["Public relations","Television","Media strategy","H. R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:56:34.327Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-relations","television","media-strategy","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":48,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-018.mp3","bytes":1935987,"durationSec":48.25,"bitrate":320990,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}