{"conversationCode":"279-020","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-020","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T18:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T20:53:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:39 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On September 22, 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 2:39 pm and 4:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-020 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. 279-20\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 4:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?].\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Detroit Economic Club, September 23, 1971\n                -Paul W. McCracken\n                      -Attendance","filename":["279-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:39:18","tapeEnd":"02:39:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"279-019","nextCode":"279-021","transcript":[{"start":0.11,"end":9.62,"text":"Be sure that you have a cracker on this one."},{"start":9.88,"end":12.11,"text":"For the Detroit trip."},{"start":12.19,"end":12.35,"text":"Alright."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman consulted on preparations for an upcoming appearance at the Detroit Economic Club. The discussion centered on ensuring that Paul W. McCracken would be in attendance to bolster the economic messaging of the event. The President emphasized the importance of this specific guest's presence as part of his strategy for the trip.","topics":["Detroit Economic Club","Paul W. McCracken","Economic policy","Presidential scheduling","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:03:36.028Z"},"topicSlugs":["detroit-economic-club","paul-w-mccracken","economic-policy","presidential-scheduling","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-020.mp3","bytes":504493,"durationSec":12.48,"bitrate":323394,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}