{"conversationCode":"293-032","tapeNumber":293,"conversationNumber":32,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-293-032","startDateTime":"1971-11-17T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-17T19:41:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1971","startTime":"2:30 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1971","endTime":"2:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 17, 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 2:30 pm and 2:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-032 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. 293-32\n\nDate: November 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:30 pm and 2:41 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person [H. R. Haldeman?].\n\n     John B. Connally's meeting\n\n     The President's schedule\n\n     Polls\n             -Questions\n                  -Vietnam\n             -Results","filename":["293-032-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:10:17","tapeEnd":"02:12:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"293-031","nextCode":"293-033","tapeTranscriptFile":"293a.mp3,293b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":7855.17,"end":7858.96,"text":"Are you ready to come to the O.B."},{"start":7859.02,"end":7859.26,"text":"now?"},{"start":7909.54,"end":7917.12,"text":"As soon as they are finished with their meeting, and that's just kind of the thing that, you know, right?"},{"start":7917.22,"end":7918.1,"text":"What we mentioned."},{"start":7918.58,"end":7929.47,"text":"As soon as you are finished with your meeting, I'll be here and ready to talk to you about it, okay?"},{"start":7929.49,"end":7929.67,"text":"Sure."},{"start":7929.75,"end":7937.69,"text":"And you guys, you know, the other thing is that I think you ought to give them raises."},{"start":7939.51,"end":7939.83,"text":"Well, no."},{"start":7939.85,"end":7942.81,"text":"I think you ought to just decide it for yourself."},{"start":7942.89,"end":7949.83,"text":"If you look at other people, I would say tomorrow or early next week."},{"start":7949.85,"end":7953.13,"text":"No, not tomorrow."},{"start":7953.15,"end":7955.15,"text":"Maybe right now."},{"start":7955.17,"end":7958.81,"text":"Get the relationship prepared."},{"start":7958.83,"end":7959.13,"text":"Fine."},{"start":7959.17,"end":7959.31,"text":"Good."},{"start":7959.35,"end":7961.97,"text":"Well, for the PM, Jim, let's let him."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7817,"end":7960,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate the scheduling of an upcoming meeting with Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. The discussion touches upon the President's calendar, the review of recent polling data concerning public sentiment on the Vietnam War, and administrative personnel matters. The participants finalize plans to reconnect later in the day to address these pending policy and staffing items.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House scheduling","Vietnam War polling","Personnel management","Public opinion"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:47:00.057Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-scheduling","vietnam-war-polling","personnel-management","public-opinion"],"audioDurationSec":146,"audioFiles":[{"file":"293-032-splice.mp3","bytes":2336436,"durationSec":146,"bitrate":128025,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:35.309Z","originalFilename":["293a.mp3","293b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["293b.mp3"],"cutStart":7815.5,"cutEnd":7961.5,"adjustedStart":7815.5,"adjustedEnd":7961.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:35.309Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":12,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:25.025Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/293-032-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/293-032","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/293/conversation-293-032","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}