{"conversationCode":"671-002","tapeNumber":671,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-671-002","startDateTime":"1972-02-14T23:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-14T23:30:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Feb-1972","startTime":"6:19 PM","endDate":"14-Feb-1972","endTime":"6:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On February 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:19 pm and 6:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 671-002 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. 671-2\n\nDate: February 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:19 pm and 6:30 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Request for a delivery\n\n     [George H. Gallup] poll\n          -Timing\n          -Results\n               -Compared to Administration [Opinion Research Corporation [ORC]] poll\n                     -Vietnam\n          -Donald H. Rumsfeld\n               -Telephone call to Gallup","filename":["671-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:35:25","tapeEnd":"01:37:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"671-001","nextCode":"671-003","transcript":[{"start":6.96,"end":9.65,"text":"Uh, any, uh, late, uh, problems currently?"},{"start":11.37,"end":13.65,"text":"Uh, yeah."},{"start":19.21,"end":19.77,"text":"Oh, alright."},{"start":20.03,"end":25.77,"text":"That's a little better."},{"start":28.9,"end":30.6,"text":"What is the date of, uh, did he take it?"},{"start":35.16,"end":46.3,"text":"You know, that's almost exactly the same as ours, isn't it?"},{"start":47.69,"end":47.83,"text":"Ours is 50."},{"start":47.95,"end":61.78,"text":"That's good."},{"start":61.88,"end":62.72,"text":"Very close to ours there."},{"start":64.69,"end":65.05,"text":"55, but hang on, 30."},{"start":65.09,"end":65.81,"text":"55, 38, where else am I going to go?"},{"start":65.83,"end":66.15,"text":"That's right."},{"start":66.17,"end":66.25,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":101.21,"end":111.87,"text":"That was before he... Yeah."},{"start":111.89,"end":112.01,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":112.03,"end":117.77,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":117.79,"end":118.21,"text":"That's good."},{"start":118.25,"end":119.67,"text":"Did Ramsell call him, or did he call Ramsell?"},{"start":119.71,"end":122.39,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":122.43,"end":124.95,"text":"Carl, I'll come in here in a minute."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to review recent polling data from George Gallup, comparing it against the Administration’s internal Opinion Research Corporation findings regarding public sentiment on the Vietnam War. They discussed the timing and accuracy of these polls, specifically noting the close alignment in approval numbers. The conversation also touched upon administrative logistics, including a follow-up inquiry regarding a telephone call made between Donald Rumsfeld and Gallup.","topics":["Public opinion polling","Vietnam War","George H. Gallup","Donald H. Rumsfeld","Opinion Research Corporation","Executive scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:20:22.380Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-opinion-polling","vietnam-war","george-h-gallup","donald-h-rumsfeld","opinion-research-corporation","executive-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":125,"audioFiles":[{"file":"671-002.mp3","bytes":5019477,"durationSec":125.34,"bitrate":320378,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.978Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/671-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/671-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/671/conversation-671-002","catalogNaId":417180763,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417180763","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}