{"conversationCode":"311-007","tapeNumber":311,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-311-007","startDateTime":"1972-01-01T02:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-01T02:24:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Dec-1971","startTime":"9:22 PM","endDate":"31-Dec-1971","endTime":"9:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bush, George H. W.;","description":"On December 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and George H. W. Bush met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:22 pm to 9:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-007 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. 311-7\n\nDate: December 31, 1971\nTime: 9:22 pm - 9:24 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with George H.W. Bush.\n\n[See Conversation No. 17-121; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]","filename":["311a.mp3","311b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:05:03","tapeEnd":"00:07:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bush, George H. W."],"prevCode":"311-006","nextCode":"311-008","tapeTranscriptFile":"311a.mp3,311b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":311.44,"end":318.54,"text":"So, George, just call to wish you a happy new year, and tell you what a great job you've done in 71."},{"start":322.87,"end":324.23,"text":"No, not at all, no."},{"start":325.57,"end":333.56,"text":"Well, you fought the good fight, and that's the main thing, and you made a fine mark for yourself, and we're glad to have you on our team."},{"start":336.04,"end":336.66,"text":"Have you liked it?"},{"start":338.21,"end":338.87,"text":"That's the stuff."},{"start":338.93,"end":341.51,"text":"How do you like fighting that New York ghost society crap?"},{"start":346,"end":346.38,"text":"You're out."},{"start":350.52,"end":350.82,"text":"You're out."},{"start":350.84,"end":350.94,"text":"Right."},{"start":353.47,"end":357.15,"text":"You're still a part of mine."},{"start":357.17,"end":362.31,"text":"You're out."},{"start":365.55,"end":367.21,"text":"I'm in Washington at the White House."},{"start":367.25,"end":372.47,"text":"You know, I work in my office a little late."},{"start":372.49,"end":373.21,"text":"We'll see you on the 20th."},{"start":373.25,"end":378.38,"text":"We're going to have a little party at the cabin."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":299.5,"end":378.375,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this brief year-end call to commend George H.W. Bush for his performance while serving as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. During the exchange, Nixon praised Bush's efforts in navigating the political landscape of New York and reaffirmed his value to the administration. The conversation concluded with a casual invitation for Bush to join the President for a social gathering at Camp David in January.","topics":["George H.W. Bush","United Nations","Nixon administration","political performance","year-end greeting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:27:48.871Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-h-w-bush","united-nations","nixon-administration","political-performance","year-end-greeting"],"audioDurationSec":124,"audioFiles":[{"file":"311a.mp3","bytes":117893328,"durationSec":7368.25,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"311b.mp3","bytes":64741040,"durationSec":4046.22,"bitrate":128002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/311a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/311b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/311/conversation-311-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}