{"conversationCode":"313-015","tapeNumber":313,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-313-015","startDateTime":"1972-01-10T20:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-10T20:15:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:00 PM","endDate":"10-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 313-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 313-15\n\nDate: January 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:00 pm and 3:15 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     Possible column or article\n          -Presidential calls\n                -Public impressions","filename":["313-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:16:23","tapeEnd":"00:17:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"313-014","nextCode":"313-016","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":26.99,"text":"I think there is a very good column for future articles and even presidential calls."},{"start":27.01,"end":28.97,"text":"Of course, there's the impression that there's a lot of people who want to call the United States."},{"start":28.99,"end":30.17,"text":"There's a lot of people who want to call the United States."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown interlocutor to discuss strategies for improving public perception of his administration through orchestrated presidential outreach. The discussion focused on the potential impact of direct presidential phone calls and the development of favorable columns or media articles to shape public opinion. The participants aimed to leverage these communications to counteract negative impressions and highlight the global demand for engagement with the United States.","topics":["Public relations","Presidential communication","Media strategy","Public opinion","Executive outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:37:13.996Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-relations","presidential-communication","media-strategy","public-opinion","executive-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"313-015.mp3","bytes":1213962,"durationSec":30.22,"bitrate":321398,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.278Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/313-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/313-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/313/conversation-313-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}