{"conversationCode":"505-015","tapeNumber":505,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-505-015","startDateTime":"1971-05-28T12:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-28T13:08:00.000Z","startDate":"28-May-1971","startTime":"8:47 AM","endDate":"28-May-1971","endTime":"9:08 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 505-015 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. 505-15\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:47 am and 9:08 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum.\n\n     Dictation\n          -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nHaldeman [?] entered at an unknown time before 9:08 am.","filename":["505-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:09:47","tapeEnd":"04:13:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"505-014","nextCode":"505-016","transcript":[{"start":32.11,"end":34.08,"text":"Nani?"},{"start":34.1,"end":34.21,"text":"Nani?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met in the Oval Office to facilitate the presidential dictation of an official memorandum. The discussion focused on the drafting of this specific document to record executive instructions or observations. No further policy deliberations or significant administrative actions were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["Presidential memorandum","H. R. Haldeman","Dictation","Oval Office","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:32:12.023Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-memorandum","h-r-haldeman","dictation","oval-office","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":44,"audioFiles":[{"file":"505-015.mp3","bytes":1756264,"durationSec":43.76,"bitrate":321044,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/505-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/505-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/505/conversation-505-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}