{"conversationCode":"440-060","tapeNumber":440,"conversationNumber":60,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-440-060","startDateTime":"1973-05-29T17:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-29T17:47:00.000Z","startDate":"29-May-1973","startTime":"1:46 PM","endDate":"29-May-1973","endTime":"1:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:46 pm to 1:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-060 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. 440-60\n\nDate: May 29, 1973\nTime: 1:46 pm - 1:47 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 39-29]","filename":["440-060.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"440-059","nextCode":"440-061","transcript":[{"start":16.35,"end":22.14,"text":"I thought you were going to do it on your own."},{"start":22.16,"end":22.57,"text":"Perhaps you could."},{"start":22.59,"end":26.17,"text":"Because you may feel like I'm sitting here about 9 o'clock at night and you're talking to yourself."},{"start":26.19,"end":27.56,"text":"Or it's bad time."},{"start":27.58,"end":27.88,"text":"It's all right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman engage in a brief, disjointed discussion regarding the logistics and timing of their communication. The dialogue centers on the inconvenience of late-night contact and the President's preference for Haldeman to handle certain matters independently. No major policy decisions are reached during this momentary exchange.","topics":["White House administration","Communication logistics","H. R. Haldeman","Work schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:20:48.931Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","communication-logistics","h-r-haldeman","work-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":45,"audioFiles":[{"file":"440-060.mp3","bytes":1437696,"durationSec":44.83,"bitrate":256578,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/440-060.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/440-060","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/440/conversation-440-060","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}