{"conversationCode":"318-036","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-036","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T21:12:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"3:31 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"4:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rockefeller, Nelson A.; Reagan, Ronald W.; Milliken, William G.; Holton, Linwood;","description":"On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Ronald W. Reagan, William G. Milliken, and Linwood Holton met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-036 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. 318-36\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:31 pm and 4:12 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a letter to Nelson A. Rockefeller.\n\n     Governor’s dinner, February 1, 1972\n         -Rockefeller's comments\n               -Appreciation\n\nThe President dictated a letter to Ronald W. Reagan.\n\n     Governor’s dinner\n         -Reagan's remarks\n\f                  -Effectiveness\n                  -Other governors\n                       -Peace initiative\n                  -Appreciation\n\nThe President dictated a letter to William G. Milliken.\n     Governor’s dinner\n         -Milliken's comments\n               -Appreciation\n               -Michigan\n                     -The President’s forthcoming efforts\n\nThe President dictated a letter to Linwood Holton.\n\n     Governor’s dinner\n         -Holton’s remarks\n               -Appreciation\n                    -Holton’s support of the President in 1968","filename":["318-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:54:59","tapeEnd":"02:59:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Rockefeller, Nelson A.","Reagan, Ronald W.","Milliken, William G.","Holton, Linwood"],"prevCode":"318-035","nextCode":"318-037","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":24.05,"text":"He has, uh, at least written four letters."},{"start":24.07,"end":25.05,"text":"One to, uh, President Rockefeller, to your house."},{"start":25.07,"end":27.43,"text":"Just to let you know how grateful I was for your, uh, much-demanded comments that you, you know, made there last time."},{"start":27.45,"end":27.59,"text":"Please."},{"start":27.61,"end":29.04,"text":"The stakes are high, and I think so, too, and that will be a tough one."},{"start":29.06,"end":29.4,"text":"I'm sure it will."},{"start":30.05,"end":53.01,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":62.35,"end":90.77,"text":"um um"},{"start":96.89,"end":125.68,"text":"I don't know if you can hear me."},{"start":125.7,"end":126.34,"text":"I don't know if you can hear me."},{"start":127.54,"end":157.36,"text":"."},{"start":157.38,"end":157.4,"text":"."},{"start":157.42,"end":157.44,"text":"."},{"start":158.32,"end":183.99,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Governors Nelson Rockefeller, Ronald Reagan, William Milliken, and Linwood Holton to formally dictate letters of appreciation following a recent governors' dinner. The conversation highlights the administration's effort to maintain political cohesion and express gratitude for the participants' supportive remarks regarding his peace initiatives and policy agenda. These letters served to acknowledge the governors' contributions and reinforce existing alliances heading into a challenging political period.","topics":["Governors' dinner","Political relations","Nixon administration","Correspondence","Political strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:49:16.113Z"},"topicSlugs":["governors-dinner","political-relations","nixon-administration","correspondence","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":184,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-036.mp3","bytes":7373652,"durationSec":184.21,"bitrate":320234,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","transcriptGapSeconds":160,"transcriptGapShare":0.87,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}