{"conversationCode":"282-036","tapeNumber":282,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-282-036","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T22:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T22:09:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"6:08 PM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"6:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-036 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. 282-36\n\nDate: October 20, 1971\nTime: 6:08 pm - 6:09 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 12-21]","filename":["282-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:41:54","tapeEnd":"02:42:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"282-035","nextCode":"282-037","transcript":[{"start":0.07,"end":0.53,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.21,"end":1.47,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.82,"end":20.52,"text":"Uh, you'll have to change the bush."},{"start":20.55,"end":20.7,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman held a brief meeting to address a specific logistical or personal matter involving the landscaping of White House grounds. The discussion centered on instructions to replace a bush, reflecting the President's personal attention to the exterior aesthetics of the Executive Office Building. No broader policy or administrative developments were recorded during this exchange.","topics":["White House grounds","landscaping","H. R. Haldeman","Presidential administrative detail"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:19:11.037Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-grounds","landscaping","h-r-haldeman","presidential-administrative-detail"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"282-036.mp3","bytes":843040,"durationSec":20.93,"bitrate":322256,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/282-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/282-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/282/conversation-282-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}