{"conversationCode":"677-012","tapeNumber":677,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-677-012","startDateTime":"1972-03-06T18:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-06T18:38:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Mar-1972","startTime":"1:28 PM","endDate":"6-Mar-1972","endTime":"1:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 1:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 677-012 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. 677-12\n\nDate: March 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:28 pm and 1:38 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Forthcoming meeting with [James C.H. Shen]\n                -Time\n                -Taiwan, Republic of China\n                -Henry A. Kissinger\n\nHaldeman left at an unknown time before 1:38 pm.","filename":["677-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:41:26","tapeEnd":"03:42:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"677-011","nextCode":"677-013","transcript":[{"start":13.6,"end":18.2,"text":"Chinese ambassador feels there's great urgency on that."},{"start":39.99,"end":40.82,"text":"before he goes."},{"start":40.84,"end":43.82,"text":"And there's a lot of weirdness that you see in him."},{"start":45.92,"end":50.1,"text":"You know, just a little bit of this."},{"start":50.16,"end":54.52,"text":"You know, just want to get a sense of it."},{"start":54.54,"end":55.68,"text":"That sounds funny."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate the logistics and strategic approach for an upcoming meeting with Taiwanese Ambassador James C.H. Shen. The discussion focused on the urgency of the Ambassador's concerns regarding the Republic of China and the President's desire to gain a nuanced assessment of the diplomat's temperament. They also reviewed Henry Kissinger's role in the broader context of these diplomatic engagements.","topics":["James C.H. Shen","Taiwan","Republic of China","Henry Kissinger","Diplomacy","Presidential Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:27:58.481Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-c-h-shen","taiwan","republic-of-china","henry-kissinger","diplomacy","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":57,"audioFiles":[{"file":"677-012.mp3","bytes":2274530,"durationSec":56.72,"bitrate":320820,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.978Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/677-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/677-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/677/conversation-677-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}