{"conversationCode":"318-029","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-029","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:17:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"3:06 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"3:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:06 pm and 3:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-029 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. 318-29\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:06 pm and 3:17 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n     Dictabelt\n          -Transcription\n          -Memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n               -Patrick J. Buchanan\n               -Edmund S. Muskie's statement\n                     -John V. Lindsay and George S. McGovern's success in Arizona primary\n                            and Iowa caucuses","filename":["318-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:42:29","tapeEnd":"02:43:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"318-028","nextCode":"318-030","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":29.97,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":30.69,"end":58.6,"text":"strong and supportive because of the showing of me by the, uh, by this, you know, government."},{"start":58.62,"end":60.34,"text":"I was on the, uh, the, uh, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa."},{"start":61.46,"end":63.27,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to discuss political strategy and administrative tasks regarding upcoming campaign materials. The conversation focused on a memorandum intended for H.R. Haldeman concerning public statements by Democratic rivals Edmund Muskie, John Lindsay, and George McGovern. Specifically, they addressed the implications of recent primary and caucus results in Iowa and Arizona to shape the administration's political narrative.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","1972 Presidential Election","Democratic Primaries","Political Strategy","Rose Mary Woods"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:48:37.066Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","1972-presidential-election","democratic-primaries","political-strategy","rose-mary-woods"],"audioDurationSec":63,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-029.mp3","bytes":2534729,"durationSec":63.22,"bitrate":320724,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","transcriptGapSeconds":58,"transcriptGapShare":0.92,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}