{"conversationCode":"827-024","tapeNumber":827,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-827-024","startDateTime":"1972-12-20T16:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-20T16:32:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Dec-1972","startTime":"11:24 AM","endDate":"20-Dec-1972","endTime":"11:32 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On December 20, 1972, United States Secret Service agents, unknown person(s), and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:32 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 827-024 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 827-24\n\nDate: December 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:24 am and 11:32 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAn unknown person [Secret Service agent] talked with Chuck [last name unknown].\n\n       The President’s location\n            -Cabinet Room\n                  -Presidential Locator System\n                         -Range finder\n                               -Request to turn off\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nThe unknown agent talked with John [?] [last name unknown] at an unknown time between\n11:24 am and 11:32 am.\n\n[Conversation No. 827-24A]\n\n       The President’s location\n            -Cabinet Room\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nThe unknown agent met with an unknown agent.\n\n       Presidential Locator System\n             -Cabinet Room door\n                   -Executive Protective Service [EPS]\n\f                                            -19-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 827-24 (cont’d)\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 11:24 am.\n\n       Kitchen\n            -Appliances\n                 -Purchase\n                       -United Buying Service\n                             -Haldeman’s car\n\n[The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:32 am.]","filename":["827-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"827-023","nextCode":"827-025","transcript":[{"start":6.73,"end":10.41,"text":"Yeah, the president's in the cabin."},{"start":10.53,"end":10.75,"text":"Okay."},{"start":10.85,"end":20.12,"text":"Yeah, can you send your man up here, please?"},{"start":20.43,"end":22.83,"text":"Oh, okay, the president's in the cabin."},{"start":47.09,"end":54.88,"text":"On your mark, get set, go."},{"start":81.13,"end":91.11,"text":"We have that United Buying Service that I joined to buy my car."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman met with Secret Service agents and unknown personnel in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics regarding the Presidential Locator System and monitor the President’s location in the Cabinet Room. The discussion also touched upon personal administrative matters, specifically Haldeman’s purchase of a vehicle through the United Buying Service. The brief meeting concluded after addressing these security and private procurement arrangements.","topics":["Presidential Locator System","White House security","H. R. Haldeman","United Buying Service","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:38:59.470Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-locator-system","white-house-security","h-r-haldeman","united-buying-service","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":104,"audioFiles":[{"file":"827-024.mp3","bytes":2507796,"durationSec":104.33,"bitrate":192291,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.848Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:41.723Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/827-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/827-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/827/conversation-827-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}