{"conversationCode":"299-018","tapeNumber":299,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-299-018","startDateTime":"1971-11-10T20:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-10T20:25:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:16 PM","endDate":"10-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-018 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. 299-18\n\nDate: November 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Melvin R. Laird\n                -Press photograph\n          -William P. Rogers\n          -Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Haldeman\n\nBull and Haldeman left at an unknown time before 3:25 pm.","filename":["299-018-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:41:38","tapeEnd":"00:42:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"299-017","nextCode":"299-019","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with H. R. Haldeman and Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his upcoming daily schedule and ensure appropriate preparations for several high-level meetings. The discussion focused on logistics for appointments with Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, including a press photograph, as well as sessions involving Secretary of State William P. Rogers and national security advisors Henry Kissinger and Alexander Haig. This briefing served to organize the administrative flow and personnel attendance for these key executive engagements.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Melvin R. Laird","William P. Rogers","Henry Kissinger","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:03:01.941Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","melvin-r-laird","william-p-rogers","henry-kissinger","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"299-018-splice.mp3","bytes":608174,"durationSec":37.98,"bitrate":128097,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:37.828Z","originalFilename":["299a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["299a.mp3"],"cutStart":2503.5,"cutEnd":2541.5,"adjustedStart":2503.5,"adjustedEnd":2541.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:37.828Z"},"transcript":[{"start":2513.38,"end":2516.02,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":2516.32,"end":2522.24,"text":"Yeah, yeah."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":2505,"end":2540,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/299-018-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/299-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/299/conversation-299-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}