{"conversationCode":"289-005","tapeNumber":289,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-289-005","startDateTime":"1971-10-14T16:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-14T18:30:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:30 PM","endDate":"14-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On October 14, 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 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 289-005 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. 289-5\n\fDate: October 14, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n     Assignment\n          -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] briefing book\n               -Possible location\n               -Henry A. Kissinger\n\n     Schedule\n          -Unknown person's wife\n          -Donald McI. Kendall\n\n     Message\n         -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo\n              -John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["289-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:27","tapeEnd":"00:06:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"289-004","nextCode":"289-006","transcript":[{"start":1.51,"end":15.34,"text":"Would you check to see I have my, uh, briefing book, uh, I don't know if that's over here, and, uh, you know, the briefing book for the, uh,"},{"start":19.24,"end":21.54,"text":"I have some television in my hand."},{"start":23.76,"end":34.73,"text":"So it's either in my briefcase or it's over in the briefcase."},{"start":37.09,"end":42.33,"text":"Is his wife coming?"},{"start":42.39,"end":42.55,"text":"No."},{"start":42.57,"end":45.45,"text":"The kennel's coming?"},{"start":45.51,"end":45.63,"text":"No."},{"start":45.67,"end":47.91,"text":"The pot?"},{"start":47.93,"end":48.15,"text":"The pot."},{"start":49.73,"end":53.42,"text":"All right."},{"start":54.9,"end":55.16,"text":"Right."},{"start":55.5,"end":55.8,"text":"Good."},{"start":56.12,"end":56.46,"text":"Good."},{"start":57.06,"end":57.3,"text":"Good."},{"start":57.42,"end":58.16,"text":"Well, that'll be great."},{"start":62.14,"end":62.62,"text":"Sure."},{"start":62.98,"end":70.4,"text":"Listen, Ellie, if you would tell, uh, uh, would you tell me, uh, you know,"},{"start":77.54,"end":81.03,"text":"If we go up there, John Ehrlichman thinks we know."},{"start":81.13,"end":96.04,"text":"He hasn't talked to me about a couple of matters."},{"start":97.16,"end":99.36,"text":"Oh, just to see if... Oh, I see."},{"start":99.56,"end":102.62,"text":"All right, fine, fine."},{"start":102.64,"end":103.68,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":104.74,"end":105.76,"text":"Good, all right, great."},{"start":105.78,"end":106.32,"text":"Okay, fine, thank you."},{"start":107.37,"end":107.8,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate administrative logistics, including locating a misplaced Central Intelligence Agency briefing book possibly held by Henry Kissinger. The pair also reviewed upcoming scheduling matters regarding Donald Kendall and clarified communication protocols involving John Ehrlichman. These discussions served to ensure that key internal intelligence documents and scheduling arrangements were properly organized for the President’s agenda.","topics":["CIA briefing book","Henry Kissinger","H. R. Haldeman","John Ehrlichman","White House scheduling","Donald Kendall"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:36:14.524Z"},"topicSlugs":["cia-briefing-book","henry-kissinger","h-r-haldeman","john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-scheduling","donald-kendall"],"audioDurationSec":108,"audioFiles":[{"file":"289-005.mp3","bytes":4320460,"durationSec":107.86,"bitrate":320438,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:16.643Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/289-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/289-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/289/conversation-289-005","catalogNaId":417185271,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417185271","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}