{"conversationCode":"392-008","tapeNumber":392,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-392-008","startDateTime":"1972-12-20T17:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-20T17:33:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:32 PM","endDate":"20-Dec-1972","endTime":"12:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On December 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:32 pm to 12:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 392-008 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. 392-8\n\nDate: December 20, 1972\nTime: 12:32 pm - 12:33 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 34-140]\n\f                                                       -11-\n\n                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["392-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"392-007","nextCode":"392-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":15,"text":"Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, oh, I, uh, see, and I, uh, you know, uh, uh, you know, uh,"},{"start":44.12,"end":47.59,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon and H.R. Haldeman held a brief, inconsequential exchange in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily consisted of fragmented pleasantries and non-substantive filler, with no policy decisions, strategic planning, or significant directives recorded. The interaction concluded almost immediately without advancing any administration objectives.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:00:28.594Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":79,"audioFiles":[{"file":"392-008.mp3","bytes":1899598,"durationSec":79.01,"bitrate":192331,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:32.384Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/392-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/392-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/392/conversation-392-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}