{"conversationCode":"500-027","tapeNumber":500,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-500-027","startDateTime":"1971-05-18T20:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-18T20:06:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1971","startTime":"4:05 PM","endDate":"18-May-1971","endTime":"4:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 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 4:05 pm and 4:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 500-027 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. 500-27\n\nDate: May 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:05 pm and 4:06 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with an H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Henry A. Kissinger, John A. Scali, and Ronald L. Ziegler\n\n[End of conversation]\n\nThe President left at 4:06 pm.","filename":["500-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:15:14","tapeEnd":"04:15:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"500-026","nextCode":"500-028","transcript":[{"start":7.44,"end":16.86,"text":"I'm Henry Scali, Ron."},{"start":16.89,"end":17.71,"text":"Let's talk about this thing a little bit."},{"start":17.73,"end":18.51,"text":"This weekend and so forth is important."},{"start":18.53,"end":18.85,"text":"I'll be worried."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman met to coordinate scheduling and strategy regarding upcoming meetings with Henry Kissinger, John Scali, and Ronald Ziegler. The brief discussion emphasized the political importance of the events slated for the following weekend. The participants aimed to ensure alignment among key advisors to effectively manage the administration's messaging.","topics":["Presidential Scheduling","Administration Strategy","Henry Kissinger","White House Staff","Political Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:20:45.425Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","administration-strategy","henry-kissinger","white-house-staff","political-communications"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"500-027.mp3","bytes":799138,"durationSec":19.84,"bitrate":322240,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/500-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/500-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/500/conversation-500-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}