{"conversationCode":"331-026","tapeNumber":331,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-331-026","startDateTime":"1972-04-19T18:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-19T18:49:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1972","startTime":"1:48 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1972","endTime":"1:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On April 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:48 pm to 1:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-026 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. 331-26\n\nDate: April 19, 1972\nTime: 1:48 pm - 1:49 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-33]","filename":["331-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:16:29","tapeEnd":"04:17:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"331-025","nextCode":"331-027","transcript":[{"start":0.84,"end":5.93,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7.97,"end":8.51,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":11.07,"end":17.84,"text":"Well, I was wondering about another subject."},{"start":26.15,"end":28.36,"text":"You know, on those, uh, uh, uh, transletters, are those paid for on the government funds directly or directly?"},{"start":28.38,"end":28.78,"text":"The private funders?"},{"start":28.8,"end":28.86,"text":"No."},{"start":28.88,"end":30.22,"text":"If they are, I think you should go around with something like that."},{"start":30.24,"end":30.46,"text":"Fine, fine."},{"start":30.81,"end":31.92,"text":"Okay."},{"start":32.02,"end":33.78,"text":"Do you know about the other Indiana?"},{"start":33.8,"end":34.02,"text":"Yeah, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman briefly discuss the source of funding for campaign-related 'transletters' to ensure they are being handled appropriately. The President directs Haldeman to ensure these materials are financed through private, rather than government, funds. They also briefly touch upon campaign activities related to the Indiana primary.","topics":["Campaign finance","Transletters","Indiana primary","Political strategy","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:31:40.631Z"},"topicSlugs":["campaign-finance","transletters","indiana-primary","political-strategy","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"331-026.mp3","bytes":1458469,"durationSec":36.33,"bitrate":321146,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.908Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/331-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/331-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/331/conversation-331-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}