{"conversationCode":"045-088","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":88,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-088","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:29:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"1:28 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"1:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Baroody, William J., Jr.;","description":"On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and William J. Baroody, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:28 pm to 1:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-088 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 45-88\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: 1:28 pm - 1:29 pm\n\nLocation: White House Telephone \n\n\nThe President talked with William J. Baroody, Jr.\n\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-20] \n\n\n       Baroody’s statement            \n\n            -New Majority             \n\n\n       Orders to Baroody","filename":["045-088.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Baroody, William J., Jr."],"prevCode":"045-087","nextCode":"045-089","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":1.73,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.75,"end":6,"text":"Hi, Mr. Berutti, sir."},{"start":6.02,"end":6.12,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":6.14,"end":6.4,"text":"Hello."},{"start":7.98,"end":10.5,"text":"You know, what you said this morning was not adequate."},{"start":11.12,"end":18.37,"text":"You know, you're talking to the new majority of the rest, and I want to get off your ass and start, you know."},{"start":18.75,"end":19.09,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":19.75,"end":20.45,"text":"Do you understand?"},{"start":20.83,"end":22.05,"text":"Yes, sir, Mr. President, I do."},{"start":22.2,"end":22.5,"text":"Fine."},{"start":22.58,"end":23.02,"text":"Get going."},{"start":23.3,"end":24.96,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this brief call to express his strong dissatisfaction with William J. Baroody Jr.'s performance regarding the administration's 'New Majority' strategy. Criticizing Baroody’s previous comments as inadequate, the President sternly commanded him to increase his efforts and improve his output immediately. Baroody acknowledged the reprimand and committed to taking more assertive action as directed.","topics":["New Majority","William J. Baroody Jr.","Presidential directives","Political strategy","White House staff management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:08:21.543Z"},"topicSlugs":["new-majority","william-j-baroody-jr","presidential-directives","political-strategy","white-house-staff-management"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-088.mp3","bytes":976896,"durationSec":30.45,"bitrate":256627,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-088.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-088","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-088","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}