{"conversationCode":"642-022","tapeNumber":642,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-642-022","startDateTime":"1972-01-03T15:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-03T16:00:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:56 AM","endDate":"3-Jan-1972","endTime":"11:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 11:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-022 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 642-22\n\nDate: January 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown after 10:56 am until 11:00 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -George P. Shultz\n          -Caspar W. (“Cap”)Weinberger\n          -Shultz\n               -Personnel\n               -Budget\n               -Weinberger","filename":["642a.mp3","642b.mp3","642c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:02:41","tapeEnd":"04:03:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"642-021","nextCode":"642-023","tapeTranscriptFile":"642a.mp3,642b.mp3,642c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":14559,"end":14559.8,"text":"I said, of course, there was some of my supporters who thought that the bombing was coming a few days before the election."},{"start":14559.82,"end":14562.78,"text":"Of course, I don't think President Johnson did that."},{"start":14565.44,"end":14566.8,"text":"Okay, I think it's 530."},{"start":14567.24,"end":14568.25,"text":"No, it's 330."},{"start":14568.41,"end":14569.47,"text":"Okay."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":14559,"end":14600,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and manage key personnel and budgetary meetings. They specifically addressed the roles of George P. Shultz and Caspar Weinberger regarding administrative priorities. The brief exchange also included a tangential historical reflection on political perceptions surrounding Lyndon B. Johnson’s past bombing decisions.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","George P. Shultz","Caspar Weinberger","Budgetary planning","Personnel management","LBJ"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:42:15.907Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","george-p-shultz","caspar-weinberger","budgetary-planning","personnel-management","lbj"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"642a.mp3","bytes":175699590,"durationSec":7320.75,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"642b.mp3","bytes":176747205,"durationSec":7364.4,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"642c.mp3","bytes":155221889,"durationSec":6467.51,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/642a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/642b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/642c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/642-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/642/conversation-642-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}