{"conversationCode":"320-012","tapeNumber":320,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-320-012","startDateTime":"1972-02-08T17:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:31:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1972","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On February 8, 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 12:29 pm and 2:31 pm. 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Kissinger approval\n\n     Schedule\n          -Jack Brown\n\n     Manolo Sanchez\n         -Speech draft for Woods\n\n     Visitors to Woods","filename":["320-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:29:14","tapeEnd":"00:31:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"320-011","nextCode":"320-013","transcript":[{"start":2.65,"end":30.46,"text":"Well, I don't want to see it again, but he'll have to show it to Kissinger soon."},{"start":30.48,"end":31.56,"text":"He's fine."},{"start":31.58,"end":32.2,"text":"So, I'll answer it."},{"start":32.48,"end":55.77,"text":"All right."},{"start":55.79,"end":56.91,"text":"Anything else for today?"},{"start":56.93,"end":58.83,"text":"Jack Brown, come on."},{"start":58.85,"end":60.92,"text":"Jack Brown."},{"start":60.94,"end":61.04,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":62.05,"end":77.97,"text":"Right."},{"start":77.99,"end":78.09,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":78.11,"end":78.21,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":78.23,"end":82.7,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":82.72,"end":82.82,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":82.84,"end":83.02,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":83.04,"end":83.14,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":83.16,"end":83.26,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":83.28,"end":83.38,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":83.4,"end":83.52,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":83.54,"end":83.64,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":83.66,"end":83.76,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":84.16,"end":84.26,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":84.28,"end":84.38,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":84.4,"end":84.5,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":84.52,"end":84.62,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":84.64,"end":84.74,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":84.76,"end":84.86,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":84.88,"end":84.98,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":85,"end":85.1,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":85.12,"end":85.22,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":106.22,"end":120.75,"text":"Okay."},{"start":120.77,"end":120.86,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":120.89,"end":120.99,"text":"Okay."},{"start":121.01,"end":123.63,"text":"Very interesting number of people that come by your place."},{"start":125.01,"end":126.85,"text":"That's good."},{"start":126.87,"end":128.12,"text":"They have to have a... Well, I know that I have the idea."},{"start":128.3,"end":132.66,"text":"But it's good that they do because, you know, we're all working on it."},{"start":132.68,"end":134.22,"text":"It's very important to see what happens."},{"start":135.28,"end":145.19,"text":"Okay, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discussed administrative details regarding a speech draft prepared by William L. Safire, emphasizing the necessity of obtaining Henry Kissinger’s approval for the document. The two also reviewed Nixon's upcoming schedule, specifically coordinating a meeting with Jack Brown. Furthermore, the conversation touched upon the logistics of Manolo Sanchez's speech drafting and acknowledged the steady stream of visitors to Woods’ office.","topics":["William Safire","Henry Kissinger","Speechwriting","Rose Mary Woods","Scheduling","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:52:33.210Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-safire","henry-kissinger","speechwriting","rose-mary-woods","scheduling","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":145,"audioFiles":[{"file":"320-012.mp3","bytes":5812558,"durationSec":145.18,"bitrate":320284,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:20.341Z","transcriptGapSeconds":67,"transcriptGapShare":0.46,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/320-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/320-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/320/conversation-320-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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