{"conversationCode":"028-022","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-022","startDateTime":"1972-08-01T02:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-01T02:31:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jul-1972","startTime":"10:26 PM","endDate":"31-Jul-1972","endTime":"10:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.;","description":"On July 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 10:26 pm to 10:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-022 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 28-22\n\nDate: July 31, 1972\nTime: 10:26-10:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n[See Conversation No. 757-20]\n\n     The President's talk with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 4m 18s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["028-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buchanan, Patrick J."],"prevCode":"028-021","nextCode":"028-023","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.16,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.18,"end":4.66,"text":"Mr. President."},{"start":4.68,"end":5.12,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.32,"end":6.6,"text":"Mr. Buchanan calling you, sir."},{"start":6.76,"end":9.43,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":9.45,"end":9.69,"text":"All right."},{"start":9.71,"end":12.69,"text":"I just got a Haldeman's rundown."},{"start":12.71,"end":14.32,"text":"What's your judgment of the whole thing?"},{"start":14.34,"end":25.78,"text":"I agree, Ronnie."},{"start":25.88,"end":26.18,"text":"All right."},{"start":26.2,"end":27.86,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Patrick J. Buchanan to solicit his assessment of a briefing recently provided by H. R. Haldeman. Buchanan expressed his alignment with the strategy or information outlined in the rundown. The exchange functioned as a brief confirmation of internal consensus regarding the reported subject matter.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Political Strategy","Internal Communications","Executive Briefing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:31:25.493Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","political-strategy","internal-communications","executive-briefing"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-022.mp3","bytes":670664,"durationSec":27.83,"bitrate":192812,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/028/conversation-028-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}