{"conversationCode":"283-042","tapeNumber":283,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-283-042","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:50:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:12 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-042 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. 283-042\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:12m and 2:50 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\nThe unknown person's [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman] schedule","filename":["283-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:14:06","tapeEnd":"04:20:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"283-041","nextCode":"283-043","transcript":[{"start":2.61,"end":19.92,"text":"Uh, no, it's in a meeting."},{"start":19.94,"end":20.08,"text":"Well..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consults with an unidentified staff member, likely in connection to H.R. Haldeman’s office, regarding scheduling logistics. The discussion focuses on locating individuals currently occupied in a meeting to coordinate the President's upcoming appointments. The exchange serves as a brief administrative interaction to facilitate the movement of personnel within the Executive Office Building.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential scheduling","White House administration","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:23:32.063Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-scheduling","white-house-administration","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"283-042.mp3","bytes":808558,"durationSec":20.07,"bitrate":322361,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/283-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/283/conversation-283-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}