{"conversationCode":"281-011","tapeNumber":281,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-281-011","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T13:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:06:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:51 AM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:06 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On October 21, 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 9:51 am and 10:06 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-011 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. 281-11\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:51 am and 10:06 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Media\n         -Ronald L. Ziegler\n         -Attorney General\n         -American Bar Association [ABA]\n         -The President's schedule","filename":["281-011-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:58:16","tapeEnd":"00:58:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"281-010","nextCode":"281-012","tapeTranscriptFile":"281a.mp3,281b.mp3,281c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":3508.36,"end":3510.96,"text":"Ziegler doesn't need to call me."},{"start":3511.04,"end":3513.58,"text":"Go right ahead on everything's all set now."},{"start":3514.34,"end":3514.96,"text":"Don's out."},{"start":3515.2,"end":3518.79,"text":"We'll be talking to the attorney general."},{"start":3518.95,"end":3520.51,"text":"And just go home."},{"start":3521.07,"end":3522.31,"text":"Give no indication whatever."},{"start":3522.33,"end":3530.03,"text":"If the question of the fire comes up, well, I'll tell you, you and he come over and I've got to tell you this."},{"start":3539.62,"end":3551.43,"text":"In the debate of the confirmation of the two men, of the two individuals I have selected, who will be charged, they are conservatives."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":3508,"end":3540,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate White House administrative matters and media strategy. The discussion touched upon the scheduling of the President, interactions with the Attorney General, and potential outreach involving the American Bar Association. The two assessed the status of ongoing preparations to ensure that current executive initiatives remained on track.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House scheduling","American Bar Association","Media relations","Attorney General"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:10:15.549Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-scheduling","american-bar-association","media-relations","attorney-general"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"281-011-splice.mp3","bytes":560527,"durationSec":35,"bitrate":128105,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.164Z","originalFilename":["281a.mp3","281b.mp3","281c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["281a.mp3"],"cutStart":3506.5,"cutEnd":3541.5,"adjustedStart":3506.5,"adjustedEnd":3541.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.164Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":3,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:04.533Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281-011-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/281/conversation-281-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}