{"conversationCode":"538-006","tapeNumber":538,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-538-006","startDateTime":"1971-07-06T13:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-06T13:50:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jul-1971","startTime":"9:25 AM","endDate":"6-Jul-1971","endTime":"9:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On July 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 9:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 538-006 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. 538-006\n\nDate: July 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:25 am and 9:50 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n     John N. Mitchell\n          -Scheduled departure on trip\n          -Forthcoming telephone call from the President\n\n     Television coverage\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler’s views\n          -Use by networks\n                -Comparison to other Presidents","filename":["538-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:41:31","tapeEnd":"00:42:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"538-005","nextCode":"538-007","transcript":[{"start":6.29,"end":23.09,"text":"But be sure to check with Mitchell to see when he is leaving, actually."},{"start":23.11,"end":26.04,"text":"And tell him I'd like to call him tomorrow."},{"start":26.05,"end":28.74,"text":"Talk to him on the phone from San Clemente."},{"start":28.76,"end":32.42,"text":"And now the other thing is, did you have a chance to talk to people about that coverage yesterday?"},{"start":32.44,"end":34.78,"text":"And do you think that's a good idea to follow up the way we were talking last night?"},{"start":34.8,"end":35.24,"text":"What did others think?"},{"start":35.27,"end":35.63,"text":"What does it mean?"},{"start":35.65,"end":35.83,"text":"Was he..."},{"start":38.13,"end":48.24,"text":"But what do you think, though, that he didn't believe that it did deserve a better shape than it got?"},{"start":48.65,"end":49.91,"text":"Even though all in all, a positive story."},{"start":50.45,"end":64.86,"text":"But just, is your point, your point, though, that it's so well taken that God didn't pretend to be anybody else and had orgasms?"},{"start":64.88,"end":64.94,"text":"No."},{"start":64.96,"end":65.66,"text":"Yeah, and they didn't use it."},{"start":67.21,"end":68.48,"text":"Now, do your best."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss the scheduling of a follow-up telephone call between the President and Attorney General John Mitchell regarding his upcoming travel plans. The conversation also shifts to an evaluation of recent television news coverage and the administration’s strategy for managing media relations. Nixon directs Haldeman to gather feedback from staff regarding the effectiveness of their outreach and to coordinate future efforts in shaping the network narrative.","topics":["John Mitchell","Media relations","Television coverage","Public relations strategy","White House staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:19:51.560Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","media-relations","television-coverage","public-relations-strategy","white-house-staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":71,"audioFiles":[{"file":"538-006.mp3","bytes":2830420,"durationSec":70.63,"bitrate":320573,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.010Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:57.679Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/538-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/538-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/538/conversation-538-006","catalogNaId":417178441,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417178441","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}