{"conversationCode":"318-038","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-038","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T21:12:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"3:31 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"4:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-038 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. 318-38\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:31 pm and 4:12 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\fThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Haldeman's schedule\n          -Meeting with the President\n               -People's Republic of China [PRC] trip\n               -The President’s schedule\n                     -March, April 1972\n               -Polling material","filename":["318-038.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:04:38","tapeEnd":"03:07:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"318-037","nextCode":"318-039","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":20.34,"text":"How was your, uh, schedule, uh, this afternoon?"},{"start":20.36,"end":21.44,"text":"I said you were free to just, uh, go over your things."},{"start":21.46,"end":21.56,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":21.58,"end":23.76,"text":"Uh, I wanted to, uh, before I get to work, I wanted to remind you that you're going to have to make a report."},{"start":23.78,"end":24.54,"text":"You're going to have to make a report."},{"start":24.56,"end":25.32,"text":"You're going to have to make a report."},{"start":25.34,"end":26.11,"text":"You're going to have to make a report."},{"start":31.33,"end":38.73,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman met to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and strategic planning. Their discussion focused on organizing logistics for Nixon’s impending trip to the People's Republic of China, as well as managing his appointments for March and April 1972. The two also reviewed polling materials to assess the political landscape during this critical period.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","People's Republic of China","Presidential schedule","Polling data","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:49:27.313Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","peoples-republic-of-china","presidential-schedule","polling-data","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-038.mp3","bytes":1556705,"durationSec":38.77,"bitrate":321180,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.567Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:20.068Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-038.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}