{"conversationCode":"469-008","tapeNumber":469,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-469-008","startDateTime":"1971-03-18T22:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-18T22:25:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Mar-1971","startTime":"5:04 PM","endDate":"18-Mar-1971","endTime":"5:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On March 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:04 pm and 5:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 469-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 469-8\n\nDate: March 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:04 pm and 5:25 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n     Haldeman’s call to George P. Shultz\n          -Meeting concerning Construction Wage Council\n               -George W. Romney\n               -John A. Volpe\n               -Winton M. (“Red”) Blount\n               -Arthur F. Burns\n\n     Haldeman’s talk with John D. Ehrlichman\n          -Romney\n          -Burns\n          -Edwin L. Harper [?]\n          -Paul W. McCracken\n          -Number of meetings\n          -McCracken, Burns\n\nHaldeman left at an unknown time before 5:25 pm","filename":["469-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:28:04","tapeEnd":"00:31:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"469-007","nextCode":"469-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":9.62,"text":"He said that there's only been one meeting that he's been in with such a group, and that was with Romney, Boeke, and Blunt."},{"start":9.78,"end":18.35,"text":"And he said Arthur Burns was not there, and this had to do with the construction wage problem."},{"start":18.37,"end":29.36,"text":"I checked back with Earl, and he says that Romney was very specific in the names that he listed, and Burns was on his list, as was Hartman and McCracken, and several of you."},{"start":29.63,"end":34.49,"text":"John is of the opinion that there were several kings, and that McCracken was at one of them."},{"start":34.51,"end":40.23,"text":"Or Arthur was, but that Arthur was one of them, or some."},{"start":40.25,"end":40.53,"text":"McCracken was."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman reviewed internal confusion regarding the attendance and frequency of meetings involving the Construction Wage Council. Haldeman provided updates from his discussions with George P. Shultz and John D. Ehrlichman, specifically addressing conflicting accounts from George Romney, Arthur Burns, and Paul McCracken. The exchange focused on resolving discrepancies in participant lists to clarify administrative oversight of the committee's wage negotiations.","topics":["Construction Wage Council","George Romney","Arthur Burns","Paul McCracken","Wage and price controls","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:24:56.099Z"},"topicSlugs":["construction-wage-council","george-romney","arthur-f-burns","paul-mccracken","wage-and-price-controls","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"469-008.mp3","bytes":977396,"durationSec":40.66,"bitrate":192290,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.663Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:46.046Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/469-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/469-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/469/conversation-469-008","catalogNaId":417176231,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417176231","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}