{"conversationCode":"381-016","tapeNumber":381,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-381-016","startDateTime":"1972-12-18T18:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-18T18:43:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1972","startTime":"1:43 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1972","endTime":"1:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 381-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"None","filename":["381-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"381-015","nextCode":"381-017","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":4.48,"text":"Uh, you're free to come over before it's my 2 o'clock meeting."},{"start":4.5,"end":4.6,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":4.62,"end":4.72,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman coordinate a brief meeting to take place immediately prior to the President's 2:00 pm appointment. The conversation serves primarily as a logistical check to confirm the availability of both participants before the scheduled engagement. No substantive policy matters or specific directives are addressed in this short exchange.","topics":["scheduling","logistics","H.R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:41:12.870Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","logistics","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"381-016.mp3","bytes":241951,"durationSec":9.93,"bitrate":194859,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.212Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/381-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/381-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/381/conversation-381-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}