{"conversationCode":"295-008","tapeNumber":295,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-295-008","startDateTime":"1971-11-16T20:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-16T20:16:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:09 PM","endDate":"16-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 16, 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 3:09 pm and 3:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 295-008 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. 295-008\n\nDate: November 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:09 pm and 3:16 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz\n          -The President's schedule\n\n     Rose Mary Woods\n          -Memorandum","filename":["295-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:11:37","tapeEnd":"00:12:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"295-007","nextCode":"295-009","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":26.28,"text":"They might have to work with him, and maybe he ought to have some early time to show them what they're talking about."},{"start":26.3,"end":27.08,"text":"They want you to work with them."},{"start":27.1,"end":27.86,"text":"We have any kind of service."},{"start":28.8,"end":57.51,"text":"I think something happened here that this must be a memorandum for several weeks ago, you know, that just got picked up, you know, one of those, you know, you think so?"},{"start":58.44,"end":65.89,"text":"because none of this is relevant to me."},{"start":65.91,"end":69,"text":"It's all out now, because what I mean is it's not relevant."},{"start":69.02,"end":73.42,"text":"All right, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman briefly conferred regarding the President's schedule and the involvement of staff members John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz. The discussion also addressed a memorandum involving Rose Mary Woods that had surfaced after being delayed for several weeks. Nixon ultimately dismissed the document as irrelevant to his current agenda, effectively closing the matter.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House staff","Rose Mary Woods","Memorandum","Administration management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:50:34.100Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-staff","rose-mary-woods","memorandum","administration-management"],"audioDurationSec":74,"audioFiles":[{"file":"295-008.mp3","bytes":2945374,"durationSec":73.5,"bitrate":320575,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.616Z","transcriptGapSeconds":55,"transcriptGapShare":0.74,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/295-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/295-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/295/conversation-295-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}