{"conversationCode":"561-009","tapeNumber":561,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-561-009","startDateTime":"1971-08-11T16:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-11T16:57:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Aug-1971","startTime":"12:51 PM","endDate":"11-Aug-1971","endTime":"12:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On August 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 561-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 561-9\n\nDate: August 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:51 pm and 12:57 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -George P. Shultz\n           -Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n                 -Speechwriting","filename":["561-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:47:59","tapeEnd":"03:49:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"561-008","nextCode":"561-010","transcript":[{"start":6.95,"end":31.81,"text":"I would like that, which attempt was false?"},{"start":31.83,"end":32.99,"text":"And see, I've got an hour and a half, you know, some time."},{"start":33.02,"end":33.8,"text":"It could be 3, 3.30, 4, 4.30, you know."},{"start":33.82,"end":34.74,"text":"You know, you should at least get what we got."},{"start":34.76,"end":34.98,"text":"Over there."},{"start":35,"end":35.2,"text":"And, uh..."},{"start":35.22,"end":35.4,"text":"Right."},{"start":35.42,"end":35.76,"text":"I better... Yeah."},{"start":36.6,"end":46.41,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":46.43,"end":60.13,"text":"I guess what I'm needing is the guy who's directly working on each of those speeches."},{"start":60.15,"end":61.95,"text":"One comes in for a while, separately again, and the other comes in separately for a while."},{"start":61.97,"end":62.07,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":62.09,"end":62.47,"text":"Yeah, that's right."},{"start":62.49,"end":64.31,"text":"So you have a figure running on for that, too."},{"start":70.3,"end":73.18,"text":"What do you got?"},{"start":73.2,"end":74.35,"text":"Okay, here we go."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate upcoming schedule adjustments and strategy sessions regarding speechwriting. The discussion focused on organizing individual meetings with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. and advisor George P. Shultz to refine the President's public messaging. Nixon directed Haldeman to structure these appointments to ensure direct, separated consultations for each project.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Speechwriting","George P. Shultz","Raymond K. Price, Jr.","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:46:25.051Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","speechwriting","george-p-shultz","raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":88,"audioFiles":[{"file":"561-009.mp3","bytes":3511689,"durationSec":87.65,"bitrate":320537,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.333Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/561-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/561-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/561/conversation-561-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}