{"conversationCode":"697-003","tapeNumber":697,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-697-003","startDateTime":"1972-03-30T16:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-30T16:12:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Mar-1972","startTime":"11:10 AM","endDate":"30-Mar-1972","endTime":"11:12 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On March 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 697-003 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. 697-3\n\nDate: March 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:10 am and 11:12 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?]\n\n     Appropriations\n         -Paper work\n\n     [Signing documents]\n\n     John C. Stnnis\n          -Paper\n\nThe unknown man and Haldeman [?] left at an unknown time before 11:12 am.","filename":["697-003-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:38:17","tapeEnd":"01:41:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"697-002","nextCode":"697-004","tapeTranscriptFile":"697a.mp3,697b.mp3,697c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":5912.53,"end":5913.01,"text":"Oh, yeah."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5897,"end":6099,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with H. R. Haldeman and an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to address administrative tasks. The discussion centered on the processing of departmental appropriations paperwork. The meeting concluded with the President signing relevant official documents, including papers pertaining to Senator John C. Stennis.","topics":["Appropriations","Administrative procedures","John C. Stennis","Executive documentation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:47:09.579Z"},"topicSlugs":["appropriations","administrative-procedures","john-c-stennis","executive-documentation"],"audioDurationSec":205,"audioFiles":[{"file":"697-003-splice.mp3","bytes":4920259,"durationSec":204.98,"bitrate":192026,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:38:08.777Z","originalFilename":["697a.mp3","697b.mp3","697c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["697a.mp3"],"cutStart":5895.5,"cutEnd":6100.5,"adjustedStart":5895.5,"adjustedEnd":6100.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:38:08.777Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":1,"replacedAt":"2026-10-27T04:44:02.364Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/697-003-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/697-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/697/conversation-697-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}