{"conversationCode":"430-030","tapeNumber":430,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-430-030","startDateTime":"1973-04-25T23:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-26T00:14:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Apr-1973","startTime":"6:57 PM","endDate":"25-Apr-1973","endTime":"7:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:57 pm to 7:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 430-030 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 430-030\n\nDate: April 25, 1973\nTime: 6:57 pm - 7:14 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 038-150]","filename":["430-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"430-029","nextCode":"430-031","transcript":[{"start":2.29,"end":18.63,"text":"Oh, Bob, you got off."},{"start":18.65,"end":18.81,"text":"Hold on."},{"start":18.83,"end":19.43,"text":"Hey, are you ready to get off?"},{"start":19.45,"end":19.51,"text":"No."},{"start":19.53,"end":19.95,"text":"I just need a second."},{"start":19.97,"end":21.01,"text":"Uh, will you get in later or do the rest of the way?"},{"start":21.03,"end":21.09,"text":"No."},{"start":21.11,"end":21.21,"text":"Okay."},{"start":21.23,"end":21.29,"text":"No."},{"start":21.31,"end":21.67,"text":"Uh, just a second."},{"start":21.69,"end":22.27,"text":"I have to go to the computer."},{"start":48.16,"end":69.33,"text":"I'm very proud to be a Fisherman."},{"start":69.35,"end":70.01,"text":"I'm very proud to be a Fisherman."},{"start":70.03,"end":70.69,"text":"I'm very proud to be a Fisherman."},{"start":70.71,"end":71.37,"text":"I'm very proud to be a Fisherman."},{"start":71.39,"end":72.05,"text":"I'm very proud to be a Fisherman."},{"start":72.07,"end":72.73,"text":"I'm very proud to be a Fisherman."},{"start":77.12,"end":103.38,"text":"We are going to use a paper to take the sun down."},{"start":103.4,"end":103.9,"text":"And we went to the trees."},{"start":133.73,"end":160.05,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":160.07,"end":160.19,"text":"Right."},{"start":160.21,"end":160.33,"text":"Right."},{"start":183.85,"end":198.97,"text":"They, uh, you see, part of what I was talking about, I think they're here."},{"start":198.99,"end":199.41,"text":"I think they're here."},{"start":199.43,"end":199.85,"text":"I think they're here."},{"start":199.87,"end":200.29,"text":"I think they're here."},{"start":219.54,"end":220.49,"text":"How are you feeling?"},{"start":260.21,"end":284.9,"text":"Okay."},{"start":284.92,"end":285.02,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":285.04,"end":285.14,"text":"Okay."},{"start":310.67,"end":337.63,"text":"I don't think so."},{"start":338.44,"end":354.49,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":378.54,"end":405.22,"text":"That day, that day, that day, that day, that day, that day, that day,"},{"start":414.16,"end":418.01,"text":"Right there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon and H.R. Haldeman met in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief administrative exchange. The recording reflects highly fragmented and incoherent dialogue that lacks substantive policy discussion or identifiable decision-making. The interaction serves as an example of the often disjointed nature of the recorded White House tapes during this period.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House Tapes","Administration","Presidential Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:42:16.719Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-tapes","administration","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":430,"audioFiles":[{"file":"430-030.mp3","bytes":13772800,"durationSec":430.29,"bitrate":256063,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.105Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:39.110Z","transcriptGapSeconds":200,"transcriptGapShare":0.46,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/430-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/430-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/430/conversation-430-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}