{"conversationCode":"756-018","tapeNumber":756,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-756-018","startDateTime":"1972-07-28T17:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-28T17:45:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jul-1972","startTime":"1:43 PM","endDate":"28-Jul-1972","endTime":"1:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On July 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:43 pm to 1:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 756-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 756-18\n\nDate: July 28, 1972\nTime: 1:43 pm - 1:45 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n                                       (rev. Mar-02)\n\n     Thomas F. Eagleton\n         -Press conference\n               -Continuance on Democratic Party presidential ticket\n         -Continuance on ticket\n               -George S. McGovern's staff request\n                    -Media coverage\n\nHaldeman left at 1:45 pm.","filename":["756-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"756-017","nextCode":"756-019","transcript":[{"start":0.96,"end":5.64,"text":"No, he said he was going to stay on."},{"start":5.66,"end":8.96,"text":"He wasn't going to resign."},{"start":9,"end":28.84,"text":"And then somebody has put out with McGovern, at least this is all just a little blip on the news, there hasn't been much blip on it, that from the McGovern place, that the McGovern staff had asked him to resign."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman briefly discussed the political status of Senator Thomas Eagleton following reports that he intended to remain on the Democratic presidential ticket. They addressed conflicting narratives regarding whether the McGovern campaign had requested Eagleton's resignation. The discussion focused on assessing the media's coverage of these developments and determining the potential impact of the situation on the Democratic party's internal stability.","topics":["Thomas Eagleton","George McGovern","1972 Presidential Campaign","Democratic National Committee","Media coverage","Political strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:58:25.038Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-eagleton","george-mcgovern","1972-presidential-campaign","democratic-national-committee","media-coverage","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"756-018.mp3","bytes":781164,"durationSec":32.49,"bitrate":192325,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.689Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/756-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/756-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/756/conversation-756-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}