{"conversationCode":"281-040","tapeNumber":281,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-281-040","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T18:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T18:30:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:25 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:30 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 2:25 pm and 2:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-040 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. 281-40\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:25 pm and 2:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Notifications of the President's selections\n          -John N. Mitchell\n                -Lawrence E. Walsh\n          -Warren E. Burger\n          -Walsh\n          -Leaks\n          -Mitchell\n          -Richard G. Kleindienst\n          -Richard A. Moore\n\n           -Leonard Garment\n           -John D. Ehrlichman\n\n     Statistics for the President's speech\n           -Presidential appointments","filename":["281-040-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:10:51","tapeEnd":"03:13:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"281-039","nextCode":"281-041","tapeTranscriptFile":"281a.mp3,281b.mp3,281c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":11449.94,"end":11451.46,"text":"Okay."},{"start":11491.35,"end":11499.93,"text":"and to fulfill their primary class code."},{"start":11502.77,"end":11507.89,"text":"They're guardians of our Constitution."},{"start":11507.91,"end":11516.42,"text":"Okay, write that off if you can, and then I will put this in my copy."},{"start":11523.8,"end":11524.59,"text":"Feeling any better?"},{"start":11524.97,"end":11525.29,"text":"Better today?"},{"start":11525.31,"end":11525.59,"text":"Better today."},{"start":11525.61,"end":11526.13,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":11609.05,"end":11609.83,"text":"same program."},{"start":11610.01,"end":11619.25,"text":"I think Mitchell should not tell Rauch under any circumstances for fear of a leak."},{"start":11619.33,"end":11627.14,"text":"I think I mentioned that to him or you earlier, I don't know much."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":11451,"end":11623,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate the internal management and public messaging regarding upcoming judicial and administrative appointments. The discussion centered on finalizing the selection processes involving key figures such as John Mitchell, Lawrence Walsh, and Warren Burger, while also addressing concerns regarding sensitive leaks. They further reviewed statistical data intended to support the President’s scheduled speech concerning his recent appointments.","topics":["Judicial appointments","White House personnel","Leaks","Presidential speech","Executive management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:12:56.262Z"},"topicSlugs":["judicial-appointments","white-house-personnel","leaks","presidential-speech","executive-management"],"audioDurationSec":175,"audioFiles":[{"file":"281-040-splice.mp3","bytes":2800370,"durationSec":174.99,"bitrate":128021,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.876Z","originalFilename":["281a.mp3","281b.mp3","281c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["281b.mp3"],"cutStart":11449.5,"cutEnd":11624.5,"adjustedStart":11449.5,"adjustedEnd":11624.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.876Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":14,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:07.446Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281-040-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/281/conversation-281-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}