{"conversationCode":"298-004","tapeNumber":298,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-298-004","startDateTime":"1971-11-11T16:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-11T16:29:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"11:24 AM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"11:29 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 11, 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 11:24 am and 11:29 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-004 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. 298-4\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:24 am and 11:29 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     The President's forthcoming press conference\n          -Meeting with Haldeman\n               -Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["298-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:05:16","tapeEnd":"00:05:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"298-003","nextCode":"298-005","transcript":[{"start":5.79,"end":13.67,"text":"I want to discuss the format of the present department."},{"start":13.69,"end":13.89,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman met to coordinate the administrative structure and logistics for a forthcoming presidential press conference. The discussion focused primarily on determining the desired format and presentation strategy for the event. This meeting served as a preparatory session to ensure the President's public appearance was effectively organized.","topics":["Press conference","White House communications","Media strategy","H.R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:57:24.939Z"},"topicSlugs":["press-conference","white-house-communications","media-strategy","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"298-004.mp3","bytes":559872,"durationSec":13.85,"bitrate":323469,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/298-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/298/conversation-298-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}