{"conversationCode":"022-003","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-003","startDateTime":"1972-03-23T15:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-23T18:31:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Mar-1972","startTime":"10:20 AM","endDate":"23-Mar-1972","endTime":"1:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Safire, William L.;","description":"On March 23, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 1:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 22-3\n\nDate: March 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:20 am and 1:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 325-10D]\n\n     Request for call to William L. Safire\n\n[Pause]\n\nHaldeman talked with Safire.\n\n[See Conversation No. 325-10E]\n\n     The President’s television statement on Pay Board, March 23, 1972\n          -Wage earners\n                -Percent in American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial\n                Organizations [AFL-CIO]\n          -Safire’s return call\n                -President’s Executive Office Building [EOB] office","filename":["022-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:41","tapeEnd":"00:04:33","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Safire, William L.","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Safire, William L."],"prevCode":"022-002","nextCode":"022-004","transcript":[{"start":2.07,"end":2.9,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.92,"end":3.52,"text":"Sapphire, please."},{"start":3.54,"end":7.73,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":18.19,"end":19.38,"text":"Coming right up."},{"start":19.4,"end":19.46,"text":"OK."},{"start":30.81,"end":31.19,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":31.51,"end":31.69,"text":"Bill?"},{"start":31.87,"end":32.85,"text":"Yes, Bob."},{"start":32.99,"end":39.45,"text":"Of the 80 million American wage earners, what percent are members of the AFL-CIO?"},{"start":40.75,"end":41.35,"text":"Do you have that?"},{"start":42.23,"end":44.5,"text":"Offhand, I would say 16 million, but I can find that out."},{"start":44.52,"end":45.02,"text":"Can you get it?"},{"start":45.38,"end":45.52,"text":"Mm-hmm."},{"start":45.8,"end":49.75,"text":"And why don't you call me back on the President's EOB office line?"},{"start":50.19,"end":50.69,"text":"Got it."},{"start":50.71,"end":50.85,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":50.95,"end":51.99,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman contacts speechwriter William L. Safire to secure specific statistical data regarding the percentage of American wage earners represented by the AFL-CIO. This information is required for an upcoming television statement by the President concerning the Pay Board. Safire agrees to research the figure and report back to Haldeman at the President’s Executive Office Building line.","topics":["AFL-CIO","Pay Board","Economic Policy","Speechwriting","Wage Earners","William Safire"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:17:20.013Z"},"topicSlugs":["afl-cio","pay-board","economic-policy","speechwriting","wage-earners","william-safire"],"audioDurationSec":52,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-003.mp3","bytes":1253876,"durationSec":52.17,"bitrate":192270,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}