{"conversationCode":"813-021","tapeNumber":813,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-813-021","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T15:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T15:53:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1972","startTime":"10:53 AM","endDate":"8-Nov-1972","endTime":"10:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 813-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.1","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part I","chronReleaseDate":"11-Jul-2007","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 813-21\n\nDate: November 8, 1972\nTime: 10:53 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President and H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered the Roosevelt Room.\n\n       Introduction of the President\n\f                                            - 23 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n                                                                   Conversations No. 813-31\n\nDate: November 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:53 am and 11:05 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n       Instruction\n\nThe President left at an unknown time before 11:05 am. Unknown people [Secret Service\nagents] met.\n\n       The President’s location\n            -Roosevelt Room\n\nUnknown people left at an unknown time before 11:05 am.","filename":["813-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"813-020","nextCode":"813-022","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":0.72,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard M. Nixon and H.R. Haldeman met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics and movements during a transitional period in the morning schedule. The participants navigated through the Roosevelt Room while preparing for subsequent official engagements. No substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief encounter as the President transitioned to meet with an unidentified individual.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House operations","H.R. Haldeman","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:21:00.602Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-operations","h-r-haldeman","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"813-021.mp3","bytes":794519,"durationSec":32.97,"bitrate":192772,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.478Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:38.168Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/813-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/813-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/813/conversation-813-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}