{"conversationCode":"371-020","tapeNumber":371,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-371-020","startDateTime":"1972-10-23T13:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-23T13:55:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:17 AM","endDate":"23-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:17 am and 9:55 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 371-020 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. 371-20\n\nDate: October 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:17 am 9:55 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n         Request for a meeting with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["371-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"371-019","nextCode":"371-021","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":8.3,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"An unidentified visitor met with President Nixon to request an audience with White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. The President facilitated the connection, though the specific nature of the visitor's business remains undocumented in the transcript. This brief interaction highlights the gatekeeping role the President played in managing access to his inner circle during the lead-up to the 1972 election.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House access","Presidential scheduling","Administration personnel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:16:15.482Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-access","presidential-scheduling","administration-personnel"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"371-020.mp3","bytes":199992,"durationSec":8.27,"bitrate":193540,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/371-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/371-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/371/conversation-371-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}