{"conversationCode":"306-009","tapeNumber":306,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-306-009","startDateTime":"1971-11-29T20:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-29T20:53:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:11 PM","endDate":"29-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 29, 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 3:11 pm and 3:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 306-009 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. 306-9\n\nDate: November 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:11 pm and 3:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -December 1971\n               -January-May 1972\n          -Congress\n               -Schedule","filename":["306-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:17","tapeEnd":"00:09:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"306-008","nextCode":"306-010","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":26.21,"text":"I have in mind that one of the things that they're trying to take this from the center is that they're trying to take this and put it first, and put it first, and figure getting off is basically the last time you get off."},{"start":26.23,"end":26.82,"text":"It's very long, long, long..."},{"start":27.72,"end":50.15,"text":"I think that we'll have to stick around until Congress gets all serious."},{"start":53.02,"end":75.66,"text":"Okay."},{"start":76.18,"end":80.32,"text":"We'll do that."},{"start":80.34,"end":80.44,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to review and refine the President's upcoming schedule for late 1971 through early 1972. They discussed the necessity of coordinating the President's availability with the legislative calendar to ensure effective engagement with Congress. Ultimately, they reached a consensus to prioritize the congressional schedule, committing the President to remain in Washington until legislative business reached a critical stage.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Congressional relations","Legislative agenda","H. R. Haldeman","White House planning"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:16:31.431Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","congressional-relations","legislative-agenda","h-r-haldeman","white-house-planning"],"audioDurationSec":84,"audioFiles":[{"file":"306-009.mp3","bytes":3376901,"durationSec":84.3,"bitrate":320481,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","transcriptGapSeconds":45,"transcriptGapShare":0.54,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/306-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/306-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/306/conversation-306-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}