{"conversationCode":"318-025","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-025","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:06:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"3:03 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"3:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:03 pm to 3:06 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-025 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. 318-25\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: 3:03 pm - 3:06 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 20-30]","filename":["318-025.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:35:20","tapeEnd":"02:37:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"318-024","nextCode":"318-026","transcript":[{"start":3.76,"end":33.19,"text":"Oh, I have talked to, I just had a talk with one of the members, I wonder if you would like to propose to Bill, I wonder if you aren't, if you aren't, if you aren't missing an opportunity to come over to the table and hear what they have to say."},{"start":33.76,"end":60.92,"text":"."},{"start":60.94,"end":60.96,"text":"."},{"start":60.98,"end":61,"text":"."},{"start":61.76,"end":87.81,"text":"The best thing to do is just to wait."},{"start":87.83,"end":88.69,"text":"Let it get a ride first, and then catch it."},{"start":88.72,"end":89.58,"text":"Well, I thought I had dictated this answer."},{"start":89.6,"end":90.2,"text":"Or dictated some common sense."},{"start":90.22,"end":91.06,"text":"I told you clearly what I was going to do."},{"start":92.71,"end":106.85,"text":"And it's got to be fine."},{"start":106.87,"end":106.97,"text":"Fine."},{"start":106.99,"end":107.39,"text":"OK. All right, fine."},{"start":107.41,"end":108.49,"text":"Well, I'm going to do this in my last few moments, OK?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman discuss the timing and strategy for responding to a current political or public relations challenge. Nixon insists on a cautious, patient approach, opting to wait for the situation to evolve before taking action. The President ultimately affirms that he has already dictated his chosen course of action and maintains that his plan is sufficient.","topics":["Political strategy","Crisis management","Decision making","H.R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:48:15.333Z"},"topicSlugs":["political-strategy","crisis-management","decision-making","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":108,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-025.mp3","bytes":4345538,"durationSec":108.49,"bitrate":320436,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.567Z","transcriptGapSeconds":53,"transcriptGapShare":0.49,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-025.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-025","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-025","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}