{"conversationCode":"294-004","tapeNumber":294,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-294-004","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T13:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T13:13:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:12 AM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:13 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:12 am to 8:13 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 294-004 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. 294-4\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: 8:12 am - 8:13 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President\n\n[See Conversation No. 15-21]","filename":["294-004-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:49","tapeEnd":"00:03:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"294-003","nextCode":"294-005","tapeTranscriptFile":"294a.mp3,294b.mp3,294c.mp3,294d.mp3","transcript":[{"start":180.68,"end":198.47,"text":"But regardless of what they do about staying in or out of the table, what do you think we'll find out?"},{"start":198.51,"end":200.81,"text":"What do you think we'll find out?"},{"start":201.13,"end":202.43,"text":"Just let me know."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":178.41,"end":208,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard M. Nixon and H.R. Haldeman met briefly in the Old Executive Office Building for a discussion that remains officially unrecorded or unintelligible in the provided transcript. The extremely short duration of the meeting suggests a quick administrative exchange or the relaying of urgent logistical information. No substantive policy decisions or action items can be verified from the available documentation.","topics":["White House administration","Presidential scheduling","H.R. Haldeman","Internal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:47:44.538Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","presidential-scheduling","h-r-haldeman","internal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"294-004-splice.mp3","bytes":521657,"durationSec":32.57,"bitrate":128113,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:35.699Z","originalFilename":["294a.mp3","294b.mp3","294c.mp3","294d.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["294a.mp3"],"cutStart":176.91,"cutEnd":209.5,"adjustedStart":176.91,"adjustedEnd":209.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:35.699Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":7,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:25.882Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/294-004-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/294-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/294/conversation-294-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}