{"conversationCode":"383-002","tapeNumber":383,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-383-002","startDateTime":"1972-12-14T20:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-14T20:25:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:24 PM","endDate":"14-Dec-1972","endTime":"3:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:24 pm and 3:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 383-002 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. 383-2\n\nDate: December 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:24 pm and 3:25 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Telephone call to Arthur Krock\n            -John A. Scali\n                  -Ambassadorship to United Nations [UN]\n                         -Announcement\n                              -Timing\n            -John D. Ehrlichman\n            -Haldeman’s schedule\n\f                                               -6-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["383-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"383-001","nextCode":"383-003","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":15.71,"text":"Uh, anybody else who, uh, has, uh, you know, wanted to be worked by the fire department or I can get this one."},{"start":15.73,"end":16.05,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":16.07,"end":16.71,"text":"We'll let it go."},{"start":16.83,"end":17.49,"text":"Wait until we get the last shot."},{"start":17.51,"end":18.07,"text":"Uh, what about the scallops?"},{"start":18.09,"end":18.73,"text":"Have you done one of them?"},{"start":28.08,"end":43.67,"text":"All right."},{"start":43.69,"end":43.89,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met briefly to coordinate administrative logistics and executive appointments. The discussion centered on the timing of the announcement regarding John A. Scali’s nomination as Ambassador to the United Nations. Additionally, the participants reviewed the President’s schedule, including a planned telephone call to Arthur Krock.","topics":["John A. Scali","United Nations","Diplomatic appointments","Presidential scheduling","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:43:52.063Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-a-scali","united-nations","diplomatic-appointments","presidential-scheduling","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":60,"audioFiles":[{"file":"383-002.mp3","bytes":1433803,"durationSec":59.59,"bitrate":192499,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.213Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:30.636Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/383-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/383-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/383/conversation-383-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}