{"conversationCode":"023-125","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":125,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-125","startDateTime":"1972-05-03T01:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-03T01:22:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1972","startTime":"9:20 PM","endDate":"2-May-1972","endTime":"9:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Andrews, John K., Jr.;","description":"On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:20 pm to 9:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-125 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. 23-125\n\nDate: May 2, 1972\nTime: 9:20-9:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John K. Andrews, Jr.\n\n     Speech on law enforcement\n          -Theme to develop\n               -Patrick J. Buchanan\n               -J. Edgar Hoover\n          -Draft\n               -Delivery to the President\n\f                      -Time","filename":["023-125.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Andrews, John K., Jr."],"prevCode":"023-124","nextCode":"023-126","transcript":[{"start":4.28,"end":4.78,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.61,"end":31.9,"text":"There is one theme that you might discuss."},{"start":31.92,"end":33.9,"text":"I think that the greatest tribute to a great man is respect for a man who is more important to him."},{"start":34.13,"end":47.49,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":47.51,"end":48.49,"text":"The idea of the fee in terms of law enforcement ."},{"start":48.51,"end":48.69,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":48.71,"end":49.19,"text":"The candidate develops ."},{"start":50.5,"end":64.6,"text":"I will."},{"start":64.62,"end":66.78,"text":"That's a theme that is somewhat lightly in what I have to ask so far, but I'm sure it could be strengthened."},{"start":66.8,"end":66.9,"text":"Good."},{"start":66.92,"end":67.02,"text":"Good."},{"start":67.04,"end":68.03,"text":"Well, you probably, but I particularly want that."},{"start":68.05,"end":68.23,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":81.96,"end":99.01,"text":"We'll have something for you on this probably about the middle of the morning."},{"start":99.03,"end":99.65,"text":"Well, I won't need it actually."},{"start":99.67,"end":100.19,"text":"I'll be busy this morning."},{"start":100.21,"end":100.85,"text":"I won't need it until 1 o'clock."},{"start":100.87,"end":101.26,"text":"1 o'clock, yes sir."},{"start":101.28,"end":101.64,"text":"Thank you so much."},{"start":101.66,"end":101.76,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs John K. Andrews, Jr. to incorporate a specific theme regarding law enforcement into an upcoming speech, emphasizing the importance of respect for J. Edgar Hoover. Nixon requests that the material be drafted and delivered by 1:00 p.m. the following day, noting that input from Patrick J. Buchanan should be utilized in the development of the draft.","topics":["Law enforcement","J. Edgar Hoover","Speechwriting","Patrick J. Buchanan","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:43:06.902Z"},"topicSlugs":["law-enforcement","j-edgar-hoover","speechwriting","patrick-j-buchanan","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":102,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-125.mp3","bytes":2442552,"durationSec":101.71,"bitrate":192119,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","transcriptGapSeconds":43,"transcriptGapShare":0.42,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-125.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-125","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-125","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}