{"conversationCode":"300-027","tapeNumber":300,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-300-027","startDateTime":"1971-11-09T16:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-09T18:15:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Nov-1971","startTime":"11:58 AM","endDate":"9-Nov-1971","endTime":"1:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 9, 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 11:58 am and 1:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 300-027 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. 300-027\n\nDate: November 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:58 am and 1:15 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Unknown event\n         -Cost\n               -Comparison to Democratic events\n\n     Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's schedule\n          -Foreign travel","filename":["300-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:55:23","tapeEnd":"01:56:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"300-026","nextCode":"300-028","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":17.08,"text":"How does this event, in terms of money, compare with other..."},{"start":17.1,"end":18,"text":"It's the biggest public event for the House."},{"start":18.02,"end":22.38,"text":"Is there any democratic events that we're going to do?"},{"start":22.42,"end":26.91,"text":"We're actually..."},{"start":26.93,"end":28.23,"text":"I mean, the actual non-spy event is six years ago."},{"start":28.25,"end":28.87,"text":"Why don't you just let me know?"},{"start":28.89,"end":28.99,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":29.01,"end":29.21,"text":"Let's see."},{"start":29.23,"end":29.95,"text":"Get the number of the country today."},{"start":29.97,"end":30.17,"text":"Roll it."},{"start":35.82,"end":43.08,"text":"One of the countries he visited as vice president, you know, recognized him."},{"start":43.1,"end":43.2,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss the scale and cost of a significant upcoming public event, specifically comparing its financial requirements to past Democratic political functions. The pair also reviews Vice President Spiro Agnew’s recent international travel schedule and the extent of his foreign recognition. These discussions emphasize the administration's focus on political optics and the strategic management of the Vice President's public profile.","topics":["Political strategy","Campaign finance","Spiro Agnew","Foreign policy","Public relations","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:05:46.396Z"},"topicSlugs":["political-strategy","campaign-finance","spiro-agnew","foreign-policy","public-relations","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"300-027.mp3","bytes":1732192,"durationSec":43.16,"bitrate":321101,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/300-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/300-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/300/conversation-300-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}