{"conversationCode":"278-070","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-070","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:00 PM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:00 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 at 3:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-070 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. 278-70\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: 3:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Congress\n         -Draft extension bill\n              -Gordon L. Allott\n                    -President’s reaction\n              -Clark MacGregor\n              -F. Edward Hébert [?]\n         -John N. Mitchell\n              -Possible meeting with Republicans in Congress\n              -The President's contacts\n              -Allott","filename":["278-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:48:33","tapeEnd":"03:51:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"278-069","nextCode":"278-071","transcript":[{"start":0.05,"end":7.06,"text":"I don't know"},{"start":51.91,"end":56.46,"text":"And the beast goes, goes this way."},{"start":57.14,"end":62.86,"text":"I read the overview, and I see somebody there."},{"start":62.9,"end":64.34,"text":"They're on ice, and they're in that leadership position."},{"start":64.36,"end":66.72,"text":"And he's got his own mask, and he's going, you know, he's on and off, on and off."},{"start":66.8,"end":71.34,"text":"And this guy knows that he should do this, so, you know, and that."},{"start":71.41,"end":72.97,"text":"And he's got his own mask."},{"start":73.11,"end":74.65,"text":"And he's got his own mask."},{"start":82.74,"end":86,"text":"Colorado is at a point, you know, where you can get without anything."},{"start":86.06,"end":86.26,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":86.32,"end":94.51,"text":"Yeah, but this situation now is the story of this, where Gregor had to call me after I go to the toilet, but I woke up, I had to call him and tell him to put us in that position."},{"start":94.53,"end":101.25,"text":"Somebody agreed with us and said, no, I don't know, the infection's got to not fall through, or it could be some special, you know, I'm not looking for the president."},{"start":101.27,"end":102.99,"text":"You should start supporting the president."},{"start":103.01,"end":104.17,"text":"That's what somebody did."},{"start":116.11,"end":116.33,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":117.17,"end":117.83,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":117.97,"end":118.25,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":118.33,"end":118.65,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":118.73,"end":118.81,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":145.09,"end":145.18,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate legislative strategy regarding the draft extension bill, specifically focusing on managing key congressional figures like Gordon L. Allott and Clark MacGregor. The discussion addressed the need for securing stronger leadership support for the President's agenda within Congress. They further considered the role of Attorney General John N. Mitchell in facilitating meetings with Republican legislators to align their efforts with White House objectives.","topics":["Draft extension bill","Legislative strategy","Congressional relations","Gordon L. Allott","Clark MacGregor","John N. Mitchell"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:01:24.156Z"},"topicSlugs":["draft-extension-bill","legislative-strategy","congressional-relations","gordon-l-allott","clark-macgregor","john-n-mitchell"],"audioDurationSec":165,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-070.mp3","bytes":6589962,"durationSec":164.61,"bitrate":320260,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}