{"conversationCode":"278-069","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-069","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T18:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T18:49:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:47 PM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On September 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-069 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. 278-69\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: 2:47 pm - 2:49 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.\n     Legislation\n          -Draft extension bill\n                -Possible decision\n                -Unknown man's [George L. Allott's?] lack of support for the President\n                     -Motives\n                -Ernest F. Hollings-Michael J. Mansfield report\n                     -Charles W. Colson\n                -George P. Shultz","filename":["278-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:46:28","tapeEnd":"03:48:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"278-068","nextCode":"278-070","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":0.55,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.59,"end":0.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.79,"end":0.91,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.95,"end":1.79,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.83,"end":1.99,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.01,"end":2.09,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.11,"end":17.94,"text":"I think I'm going to call them until they finish action on the building."},{"start":17.96,"end":20.64,"text":"No, that's the whole deal with the city."},{"start":20.66,"end":24.72,"text":"If we just sink the thing anyway, then they're going to lose the call."},{"start":25.5,"end":25.7,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":31.65,"end":32.37,"text":"He insulted my daughter."},{"start":32.39,"end":33.53,"text":"So he deserves this."},{"start":33.69,"end":36.13,"text":"Well, what good does it do them?"},{"start":36.17,"end":36.35,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":36.39,"end":40.52,"text":"No, actually, he's, uh, he's a..."},{"start":40.66,"end":41.16,"text":"He's a problem."},{"start":41.68,"end":45.1,"text":"What do you mean, that is?"},{"start":45.12,"end":52.22,"text":"I think he's, uh, trying to pressure you by saying he's gonna move the table for you because he hasn't heard what I'm gonna do."},{"start":54.54,"end":58.94,"text":"I cannot, of course, get them to read, but I can't talk to the board."},{"start":67.36,"end":68.14,"text":"They see what the composition is."},{"start":68.24,"end":69.86,"text":"And it resonated in my personal opinion that I could hold on."},{"start":69.88,"end":71.55,"text":"That is, that George Schultz told me what the numbers are."},{"start":71.57,"end":72.43,"text":"That is my vision for that country."},{"start":72.45,"end":73.41,"text":"And that I could sell those numbers to him."},{"start":73.43,"end":74.43,"text":"That's my vision for that country."},{"start":94.07,"end":97.09,"text":"Yeah, I will."},{"start":97.13,"end":97.47,"text":"Fine, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman discuss political maneuvering regarding the draft extension bill and concerns over a lack of support from Senator George L. Allott. The two assess motives behind congressional resistance and evaluate whether to leverage economic data provided by George P. Shultz to influence legislative outcomes. The conversation concludes with Nixon considering direct intervention to pressure stakeholders and secure his administration's objectives.","topics":["Draft extension bill","George L. Allott","George P. Shultz","Legislative strategy","Political pressure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:01:18.503Z"},"topicSlugs":["draft-extension-bill","george-l-allott","george-p-shultz","legislative-strategy","political-pressure"],"audioDurationSec":98,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-069.mp3","bytes":3911889,"durationSec":97.66,"bitrate":320460,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-069","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}