{"conversationCode":"289-007","tapeNumber":289,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-289-007","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 289-007 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. 289-7\n\nDate: 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     The President's schedule\n          -John B. Connally\n               -Appointment time\n               -Henry A. Kissinger\n                      -Forthcoming meeting on Vietnam\n               -John N. Mitchell","filename":["289-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:18:37","tapeEnd":"00:23:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"289-006","nextCode":"289-008","transcript":[{"start":3.83,"end":4.34,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.41,"end":4.88,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":26.4,"end":26.62,"text":"Fine."},{"start":26.92,"end":28.25,"text":"Well, why don't we say this then?"},{"start":28.32,"end":30.57,"text":"Why don't we tell him to make it better?"},{"start":30.59,"end":37.93,"text":"I've got so much to go over here with him that I think I just put in some of it relates to him."},{"start":38.09,"end":39.21,"text":"So shall we try 5 o'clock?"},{"start":39.31,"end":42.53,"text":"If that doesn't work..."},{"start":45.22,"end":47.98,"text":"Yeah, and telling him he could do it then."},{"start":48.02,"end":51.08,"text":"Just, he knows what I'm doing and I'm going over this stuff."},{"start":51.1,"end":57.32,"text":"It doesn't follow the possibilities of doing both."},{"start":57.34,"end":58.14,"text":"I don't, I mean, Vietnam."},{"start":58.26,"end":64.3,"text":"So why don't you call him back and say, don't, scrub the tree a lot."},{"start":64.36,"end":64.52,"text":"Okay."},{"start":64.84,"end":65.48,"text":"That's great."},{"start":65.5,"end":66.48,"text":"And, uh, yeah, 5."},{"start":66.53,"end":69.01,"text":"5 would be fine, or, or in the morning if it's just 12 o'clock."},{"start":69.03,"end":69.87,"text":"Well, wait a minute."},{"start":69.89,"end":73.97,"text":"5 o'clock is probably better because, uh, I'll have to get out of bed."},{"start":76.54,"end":78.19,"text":"I think five is fine."},{"start":79.41,"end":79.61,"text":"Fine."},{"start":79.83,"end":80.17,"text":"Okay."},{"start":80.52,"end":81.18,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":81.2,"end":85.53,"text":"Or if that is good for him, I'll go to the morning."},{"start":85.57,"end":85.69,"text":"Fine."},{"start":85.73,"end":85.95,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate the scheduling of an upcoming meeting with an unnamed individual, weighing the merits of a 5:00 p.m. appointment against a morning session. The discussion reflects the President's desire to manage his workload, specifically mentioning that the agenda includes Vietnam-related matters. They ultimately prioritize the late afternoon time slot to better accommodate the President's schedule.","topics":["Scheduling","Vietnam","Presidential Agenda","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:36:25.496Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","vietnam-war","presidential-agenda","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":86,"audioFiles":[{"file":"289-007.mp3","bytes":3457374,"durationSec":86.29,"bitrate":320543,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:16.644Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/289-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/289-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/289/conversation-289-007","catalogNaId":417185275,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417185275","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}