{"conversationCode":"362-021","tapeNumber":362,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-362-021","startDateTime":"1972-08-14T20:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-14T20:36:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Aug-1972","startTime":"4:34 PM","endDate":"14-Aug-1972","endTime":"4:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On August 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:34 pm to 4:36 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 362-21\n\nDate: August 14, 1972\nTime: 4:34 pm - 4:36 pm\n\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 29-66]","filename":["362-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"362-020","nextCode":"362-022","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":6.2,"text":"Yeah, yeah, yeah."},{"start":7.44,"end":15.03,"text":"I wondered, hello, hello."},{"start":15.23,"end":19.42,"text":"I wondered if Buchanan ever got anything to do with something."},{"start":19.44,"end":27.25,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":27.27,"end":27.89,"text":"I don't understand."},{"start":30.71,"end":37.71,"text":"No, only the directly related to the speech books that he has on that."},{"start":39.24,"end":40.38,"text":"He may have something."},{"start":63.04,"end":68.54,"text":"Get away on the floor."},{"start":68.56,"end":70.67,"text":"I don't see any problem."},{"start":70.69,"end":74.14,"text":"I will leave at 5 o'clock."},{"start":74.16,"end":75.18,"text":"Okay, so whatever your situation is, I'll hang on."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman briefly conferred regarding the status of staff member Pat Buchanan's current work assignments. The President inquired whether Buchanan had been adequately utilized, leading to a discussion about his ongoing responsibilities related to speechwriting. Haldeman confirmed Buchanan's focus on speech-related projects, and the two agreed to touch base again later that evening.","topics":["Pat Buchanan","Speechwriting","White House Staff","Personnel Management","H. R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:57:39.659Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-buchanan","speechwriting","white-house-staff","personnel-management","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":78,"audioFiles":[{"file":"362-021.mp3","bytes":1870784,"durationSec":77.88,"bitrate":192170,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.874Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:26.904Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/362-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/362/conversation-362-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}