{"conversationCode":"596-019","tapeNumber":596,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-596-019","startDateTime":"1971-10-19T17:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-19T17:39:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:37 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:37 pm and 1:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 596-019 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. 596-19\n\nDate: October 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:37 pm and 1:39 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Previous telephone conversation with John N. Mitchell","filename":["596a.mp3","596b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:18:22","tapeEnd":"03:18:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"596-018","nextCode":"596-020","tapeTranscriptFile":"596a.mp3,596b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":11902,"end":11904.4,"text":"Would it be out of the way at all to not let me in?"},{"start":11904.42,"end":11912.95,"text":"I mean, we said Burger didn't have you on his list, but I don't think you wanted to ask Burger about it."},{"start":11912.97,"end":11920.75,"text":"Why don't you just put up with Burger flat out and say, well, you remember that we checked and you didn't get the top rate of the bar."},{"start":11921.8,"end":11923.96,"text":"Would you still think that he would pass Buster?"},{"start":11923.98,"end":11929,"text":"I think that if he passed Buster, burgers might not have been something to eat."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":11902,"end":11929,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman discuss the potential judicial appointment of an individual referred to as 'Buster.' The dialogue centers on the strategic handling of Chief Justice Warren Burger regarding the candidate's professional qualifications and his standing with the American Bar Association. The participants evaluate whether Burger would approve the nomination if confronted directly about the candidate's credentials.","topics":["Judicial appointments","Warren Burger","H.R. Haldeman","Buster","American Bar Association","Personnel selection"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:26:05.369Z"},"topicSlugs":["judicial-appointments","warren-burger","h-r-haldeman","buster","american-bar-association","personnel-selection"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"596a.mp3","bytes":176062588,"durationSec":7335.88,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"596b.mp3","bytes":130844002,"durationSec":5451.77,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/596a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/596b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/596-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/596/conversation-596-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}