{"conversationCode":"281-035","tapeNumber":281,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-281-035","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T17:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T17:57:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:55 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:57 PM","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 1:55 pm and 1:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-035 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. 281-35\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:55 pm and 1:57 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Notification of lead time for the President's speech\n          -Jacob K. Javits","filename":["281-035-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:54:34","tapeEnd":"02:55:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"281-034","nextCode":"281-036","tapeTranscriptFile":"281a.mp3,281b.mp3,281c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":10473.51,"end":10474.57,"text":"It's a little odd."},{"start":10474.59,"end":10477.37,"text":"I don't think people are that close to it."},{"start":10477.39,"end":10480.75,"text":"Maybe we just need an option, that's the time."},{"start":10480.77,"end":10482.03,"text":"So here's one more question."},{"start":10489.4,"end":10489.58,"text":"."},{"start":10489.6,"end":10489.86,"text":"."},{"start":10490.28,"end":10490.5,"text":"."},{"start":10490.56,"end":10490.58,"text":"."},{"start":10490.6,"end":10490.62,"text":"."},{"start":10525.31,"end":10527.31,"text":"I'm going to say that my question is considered by this."},{"start":10527.38,"end":10533.18,"text":"There are many outstanding lawyers that work under my name."},{"start":10533.2,"end":10534.06,"text":"I'm considered to be one of those people."},{"start":10534.08,"end":10536.92,"text":"I'm considered to be one of those people."},{"start":10536.94,"end":10542.29,"text":"I'm considered to be one of those people."},{"start":10542.31,"end":10544.35,"text":"I'm considered to be one of those people."},{"start":10544.37,"end":10547.15,"text":"I'm considered to be one of those people."},{"start":10547.17,"end":10552.05,"text":"I'm considered to be one of those people."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":10474,"end":10551,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate the logistics and timing of a forthcoming presidential speech. The discussion focused on establishing the necessary lead time for the address, with specific reference to notifying Senator Jacob K. Javits. The brief exchange served to finalize the scheduling parameters for the President's public communications strategy.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Jacob K. Javits","Presidential speech","Scheduling","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:12:28.390Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","jacob-k-javits","presidential-speech","scheduling","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":84,"audioFiles":[{"file":"281-035-splice.mp3","bytes":1351306,"durationSec":84.43,"bitrate":128043,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:01.458Z","originalFilename":["281a.mp3","281b.mp3","281c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["281b.mp3"],"cutStart":10590.5,"cutEnd":10674.93,"adjustedStart":10590.5,"adjustedEnd":10674.93,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:01.458Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":11,"replacedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:39.755Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281-035-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/281/conversation-281-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}