{"conversationCode":"381-020","tapeNumber":381,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-381-020","startDateTime":"1972-12-18T19:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-18T19:45:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1972","startTime":"2:43 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1972","endTime":"2:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On December 18, 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 2:43 pm and 2:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 381-020 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":"Conversation No. 381-20\n\nDate: December 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:43 pm and 2:45 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n       Request for a meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Henry A. Kissinger\n            -Timing\n\nAn unknown person entered at an unknown time after 2:43 pm.\n\n       Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:45 pm.","filename":["381-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"381-019","nextCode":"381-021","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":20.09,"text":"Uh, Bob, hold on there."},{"start":20.11,"end":21.45,"text":"I don't know why, uh, I'll tell you, you just tell me."},{"start":21.47,"end":21.61,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":21.63,"end":21.95,"text":"The next cruise."},{"start":21.97,"end":22.07,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief meeting with an unidentified individual to coordinate scheduling for key staff members. The discussion focused on arranging upcoming meetings for H.R. Haldeman, Henry Kissinger, and Charles Colson. These logistical arrangements appear to be the primary purpose of the short encounter.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Henry Kissinger","Charles W. Colson","Scheduling","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:41:36.279Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","henry-kissinger","charles-w-colson","scheduling","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"381-020.mp3","bytes":653268,"durationSec":27.08,"bitrate":192989,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.212Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:30.286Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/381-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/381-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/381/conversation-381-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}