{"conversationCode":"312-027","tapeNumber":312,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-312-027","startDateTime":"1972-01-11T20:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-11T21:02:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:49 PM","endDate":"11-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On January 11, 1972, 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 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-027 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 312-27\n\nDate: January 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     The President's meeting with William P. Rogers\n\n     Memorandum from Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n        -State of the Union speech","filename":["312a.mp3","312b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:47:31","tapeEnd":"03:48:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"312-026","nextCode":"312-028","tapeTranscriptFile":"312a.mp3,312b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":13650.42,"end":13654.86,"text":"Same with Dave, I'm not going to talk to him."},{"start":13654.9,"end":13656.48,"text":"But get in touch with me."},{"start":13656.5,"end":13659.74,"text":"I need to know more about it."},{"start":13659.76,"end":13664.42,"text":"I'm not going to talk to him about it."},{"start":13664.44,"end":13667.08,"text":"Because I'll have to concentrate on the domestic stuff."},{"start":13667.1,"end":13669.04,"text":"Dave was telling me that the old Laotians want free armament."},{"start":13669.72,"end":13675.15,"text":"Of course, that doesn't... First, the armament wouldn't go without our helicopters, etc."},{"start":13675.17,"end":13679.27,"text":"That might not be too bad."},{"start":13683.24,"end":13687.21,"text":"What are you projecting now?"},{"start":13687.25,"end":13702.41,"text":"There will be some destruction of knowledge here, but most Americans say they allow it."},{"start":13706.15,"end":13706.85,"text":"He doesn't leave."},{"start":13706.91,"end":13712.43,"text":"When we went into Laos that year, he was going to the province of Laos, and we pointed that out."},{"start":13714.81,"end":13715.41,"text":"How's the weather?"},{"start":13715.43,"end":13716.43,"text":"Pretty good at all?"},{"start":13718.25,"end":13718.87,"text":"Isn't that good?"},{"start":13718.89,"end":13725.32,"text":"Well, I hope you sit out in your little potty over there and get a little sun."},{"start":13725.34,"end":13725.82,"text":"Okay, Henry."},{"start":13725.98,"end":13726.48,"text":"Goodbye."},{"start":13726.5,"end":13727.52,"text":"Too bad."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":13649.125,"end":13758.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss administrative coordination, including Nixon's upcoming meeting with Secretary of State William P. Rogers and the preparation of the State of the Union address. The President expresses a need to focus on domestic policy while distancing himself from certain external communications. Additionally, the conversation touches upon military concerns in Laos, specifically regarding armament requests and the logistical constraints of providing support.","topics":["State of the Union","William P. Rogers","Domestic policy","Laos","Military logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:35:16.280Z"},"topicSlugs":["state-of-the-union","william-p-rogers","domestic-policy","laos","military-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":87,"audioFiles":[{"file":"312a.mp3","bytes":124249096,"durationSec":7330.35,"bitrate":135599,"missing":false},{"file":"312b.mp3","bytes":113090288,"durationSec":7084.94,"bitrate":127696,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.277Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/312a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/312b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/312-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/312/conversation-312-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}