{"conversationCode":"321-017","tapeNumber":321,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-321-017","startDateTime":"1972-02-09T20:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-08T17:29:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Feb-1972","startTime":"3:40 PM","endDate":"8-Mar-1972","endTime":"12:29 PM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 3:40 pm on February 9, 1972 and 12:29 pm on March 8, 1972. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 321-017 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. 321-17\n\nDate: Unknown between February 9 and March 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:40 pm, February 9, and 12:29 pm, March 8, 1972\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?].\n\n     Request\n         -Unknown person come to President’s Executive Office Building [EOB] office","filename":["321-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:27:40","tapeEnd":"01:28:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"321-016","nextCode":"321-018","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":10.8,"text":"Are you the one who tied it?"},{"start":10.82,"end":11.21,"text":"Yeah, I don't know."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate the arrival of an unidentified visitor to the President's office. The discussion focused on managing the logistics and security of this individual's entry. No further policy or administrative decisions were documented in this brief procedural exchange.","topics":["White House logistics","Presidential scheduling","Security","H. R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:55:52.442Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-logistics","presidential-scheduling","security","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"321-017.mp3","bytes":455367,"durationSec":11.26,"bitrate":323624,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:20.516Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/321-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/321-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/321/conversation-321-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}