{"conversationCode":"279-024","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-024","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T20:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T20:54:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:53 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.;","description":"On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:53 pm to 4:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-024 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 279-24\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: 4:53 pm - 4:54 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-120]","filename":["279-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:51:10","tapeEnd":"02:52:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buchanan, Patrick J."],"prevCode":"279-023","nextCode":"279-025","transcript":[{"start":0.09,"end":0.21,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.31,"end":6.13,"text":"On that question on Rocco's house, I think they'd like to have it announced on there."},{"start":6.16,"end":19.74,"text":"I can check with, who is it on there?"},{"start":20.16,"end":27.39,"text":"Rocco's house, but you better check with"},{"start":30.08,"end":36.94,"text":"Why don't you just see if there's any reason why we shouldn't do it that way?"},{"start":36.96,"end":46.78,"text":"I mean, I don't think any of the games were out here."},{"start":46.8,"end":47.14,"text":"We'll see."},{"start":47.22,"end":47.32,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan briefly discussed a public relations matter involving the announcement of a property referred to as \"Rocco's house.\" The President directed Buchanan to verify if there were any strategic concerns or potential issues that would prevent the administration from moving forward with the announcement. No definitive decision was reached, as the conversation concluded with instructions for further internal review.","topics":["Public relations","Rocco's house","Administration policy","Internal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:03:58.797Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-relations","roccos-house","administration-policy","internal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-024.mp3","bytes":1903611,"durationSec":47.46,"bitrate":320881,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}