{"conversationCode":"615-005","tapeNumber":615,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-615-005","startDateTime":"1971-11-05T14:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-05T14:23:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Nov-1971","startTime":"9:10 AM","endDate":"5-Nov-1971","endTime":"9:23 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:23 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 615-005 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. 615-005\n\nDate: November 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:10 am and 9:23 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     The President's calls to New York Republican County Executives\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n            -Nassau, Suffolk Counties\n            -Erie County\n                  -Jack F. Kemp","filename":["615-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:33:49","tapeEnd":"01:38:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"615-004","nextCode":"615-006","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":6.9,"text":"Get me those other, uh, Bob, those other two people to call, whether it's Nassau or Suffolk or whatever it is."},{"start":6.94,"end":7.94,"text":"Be sure I get those birds."},{"start":7.96,"end":10.32,"text":"So I can go to the four-channel drive."},{"start":10.4,"end":15.98,"text":"I've got a call at the Erie time with the jackass of the city time."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs H. R. Haldeman to facilitate phone calls to several Republican county executives in New York, specifically requesting contact information for leadership in Nassau, Suffolk, and Erie counties. The President seeks these engagements to bolster his political outreach efforts, including a planned conversation with Congressman Jack Kemp. These calls are part of a broader strategy, which Nixon refers to as a 'four-channel drive,' intended to secure regional political support.","topics":["Republican Party","New York politics","Jack Kemp","Political strategy","Voter outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:48:16.005Z"},"topicSlugs":["republican-party","new-york-politics","jack-kemp","political-strategy","voter-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"615-005.mp3","bytes":730171,"durationSec":18.1,"bitrate":322662,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.997Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:07.867Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/615-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/615-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/615/conversation-615-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}