{"conversationCode":"282-019","tapeNumber":282,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-282-019","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T19:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T20:05:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:43 PM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"4:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On October 20, 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 3:43 pm and 4:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-019 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. 282-19\n\nDate: October 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:43 pm and 4:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -October 21, 1971\n               -Morning schedule\n               -Afternoon schedule\n          -Timing of unknown meeting\n               -Nobusuke Kishi\n                      -Henry Kearns","filename":["282-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:11:49","tapeEnd":"01:13:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"282-018","nextCode":"282-020","transcript":[{"start":3.95,"end":7.15,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":30.06,"end":33.2,"text":"That doesn't bother me."},{"start":33.22,"end":39.74,"text":"That doesn't bother me, except maybe it would be better to have a little brewery."},{"start":39.76,"end":44.64,"text":"Maybe have it in Crete, because I'm still sort of, I don't know."},{"start":44.66,"end":50.39,"text":"I'm still out, yeah, so I'm still over here."},{"start":50.41,"end":51.71,"text":"I don't like to do it, I'm not sure."},{"start":51.73,"end":54.13,"text":"Or Crete's all right, but if they, if that's when they have to make it, I'll find a way to do it."},{"start":54.19,"end":56.07,"text":"Don't worry about that, but Crete is just as well for them."},{"start":56.09,"end":57.33,"text":"I prefer in Crete."},{"start":59.24,"end":72.83,"text":"If you've done four or three or... Oh, yeah, well, if you've done seven or eight or four... Maybe three or three."},{"start":72.87,"end":77.13,"text":"All right."},{"start":77.97,"end":79.15,"text":"All right."},{"start":79.42,"end":80.97,"text":"All right."},{"start":81.06,"end":83.28,"text":"All right."},{"start":83.82,"end":84.56,"text":"All right."},{"start":85.88,"end":86.92,"text":"All right."},{"start":87.02,"end":87.7,"text":"All right."},{"start":92.46,"end":98.55,"text":"Good."},{"start":100.4,"end":100.7,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate upcoming scheduling logistics for the President’s agenda. The discussion focused on finalizing the timeline for meetings on October 21, specifically addressing the arrangement of a session involving Nobusuke Kishi and Henry Kearns. The pair prioritized determining the preferred location and duration for these appointments to ensure the President's calendar was efficiently organized.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Nobusuke Kishi","Henry Kearns","White House administration","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:17:36.018Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","nobusuke-kishi","henry-kearns","white-house-administration","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":103,"audioFiles":[{"file":"282-019.mp3","bytes":4141783,"durationSec":103.4,"bitrate":320442,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/282-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/282-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/282/conversation-282-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}