{"conversationCode":"726-007","tapeNumber":726,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-726-007","startDateTime":"1972-05-19T16:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-19T16:55:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1972","startTime":"12:51 PM","endDate":"19-May-1972","endTime":"12:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:51 pm to 12:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 726-007 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. 726-7\n\nDate: May 19,1972\nTime: 12:51pm - 12:55 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     President's schedule\n          -A meeting\n          -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger\n          -Jacob K. Javits\n                 -The President’s view\n\n     Soviet summit\n          -William P. Rogers's press conference\n                -Call from Ronald L. Ziegler\n                -Reasons\n                      -Clark M. Clifford\n                -Statements\n          -Marvin L. Kalb report\n                -Source\n                      -Kissinger\n                            -Dinner party with Marvin Kalb and Bernard Kalb\n          -Content\n\nHaldeman left at 12:55 pm.","filename":["726a.mp3","726b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:14:47","tapeEnd":"02:17:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"726-006","nextCode":"726-008","tapeTranscriptFile":"726a.mp3,726b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":8107.2,"end":8107.52,"text":"Senator."},{"start":8107.54,"end":8107.76,"text":"Senator."},{"start":8107.78,"end":8108.12,"text":"Senator."},{"start":8108.16,"end":8108.5,"text":"Senator."},{"start":8108.56,"end":8108.9,"text":"Senator."},{"start":8108.94,"end":8109.1,"text":"Senator."},{"start":8109.12,"end":8109.36,"text":"Senator."},{"start":8144.68,"end":8145.68,"text":"Christ, I don't know if I should do this thing here."},{"start":8231.34,"end":8233.1,"text":"What was the question?"},{"start":8233.16,"end":8236.38,"text":"Well, I'm not so sure that, you know, he was going down to hit the Clark Clifford thing."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":8095.375,"end":8236.375,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss the scheduling of upcoming meetings, including sessions with Henry Kissinger and Senator Jacob Javits. The conversation primarily focuses on managing the administration's public messaging regarding the upcoming Soviet summit, specifically addressing a press conference held by William P. Rogers. Nixon and Haldeman analyze a news report by Marvin Kalb, suspecting that information provided at a private dinner party involving the Kalb brothers and Kissinger served as the underlying source.","topics":["Soviet summit","Henry Kissinger","William P. Rogers","Press relations","White House scheduling","Clark Clifford"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:27:27.694Z"},"topicSlugs":["soviet-summit","henry-kissinger","william-p-rogers","press-relations","white-house-scheduling","clark-clifford"],"audioDurationSec":144,"audioFiles":[{"file":"726a.mp3","bytes":176253177,"durationSec":7343.82,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"726b.mp3","bytes":173897141,"durationSec":7245.65,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/726a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/726b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/726-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/726/conversation-726-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}