{"conversationCode":"369-005","tapeNumber":369,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-369-005","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T11:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T11:55:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:53 AM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:53 am to 7:55 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 369-005 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. 369-5\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: 7:53 am - 7:55 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H.R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-114]","filename":["369-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"369-004","nextCode":"369-006","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":2.68,"text":"Hello."},{"start":7.84,"end":29.29,"text":"Before you get too tied up in the staff work and so forth, I think we ought to talk a little bit more about that scheduling thing."},{"start":29.31,"end":31.35,"text":"Okay, it's got to be done by the end of the day."},{"start":31.37,"end":34.43,"text":"Okay, well, the other thing, when you do, you do come over and we're going to edit that bit down."},{"start":34.45,"end":36.31,"text":"Bring me a map that I can see and understand what it means about the city council."},{"start":36.3,"end":53.52,"text":"Or at least six of them, not the roads."},{"start":53.53,"end":53.63,"text":"Okay."},{"start":53.66,"end":53.73,"text":"Bye."},{"start":53.76,"end":53.84,"text":"Bye."},{"start":53.85,"end":54.4,"text":"Unless you're in a meeting."},{"start":54.42,"end":55.36,"text":"If you're in a meeting, you might have to wait."},{"start":55.38,"end":58.7,"text":"Can I see you at a clock and make it a little shorter?"},{"start":58.72,"end":58.94,"text":"Okay."},{"start":59.9,"end":59.98,"text":"Bye."},{"start":60.42,"end":64.43,"text":"And 8.15, 8.30 is fine."},{"start":64.45,"end":64.71,"text":"I'm good."},{"start":64.73,"end":65.51,"text":"Over."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met briefly to coordinate their upcoming schedule and finalize pending staff work. They specifically discussed the need to review and edit materials regarding city council representation, with Nixon requesting a visual map to better understand the territorial breakdown. The pair agreed to reconvene shortly thereafter to settle these administrative priorities.","topics":["Scheduling","City Council","White House Staff","Administration","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:09:09.534Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","city-council","white-house-staff","administration","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":68,"audioFiles":[{"file":"369-005.mp3","bytes":1637563,"durationSec":68.17,"bitrate":192164,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/369-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/369-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/369/conversation-369-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}