{"conversationCode":"432-042","tapeNumber":432,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-432-042","startDateTime":"1973-05-09T20:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-09T22:03:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1973","startTime":"4:15 PM","endDate":"9-May-1973","endTime":"6:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hart, Thomas;","description":"On May 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas Hart met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 6:03 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 432-042 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. 432-42\n\nDate: Many 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:15 pm and 6:03 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown man [Thomas Hart?].\n\n      President’s schedule\n             -Barber\n                     -Milton Pitts’s health\n                     -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 6:03 pm.","filename":["432-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Hart, Thomas"],"prevCode":"432-041","nextCode":"432-043","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":17.82,"text":"I don't know."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Thomas Hart to discuss personal and administrative scheduling, including arrangements for the President's barber, Milton Pitts. During the conversation, Nixon inquired about the current health status of Pitts. The discussion also touched upon the status of H. R. Haldeman following his recent departure from the White House staff.","topics":["Milton Pitts","H. R. Haldeman","Presidential schedule","White House personnel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:48:08.306Z"},"topicSlugs":["milton-pitts","h-r-haldeman","presidential-schedule","white-house-personnel"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"432-042.mp3","bytes":681984,"durationSec":21.17,"bitrate":257676,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.424Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/432-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/432-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/432/conversation-432-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}