{"conversationCode":"322-027","tapeNumber":322,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-322-027","startDateTime":"1972-03-07T19:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-07T19:30:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Mar-1972","startTime":"2:29 PM","endDate":"7-Mar-1972","endTime":"2:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ribicoff, Abraham A.;","description":"On March 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Abraham A. Ribicoff met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:29 pm to 2:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-027 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. 322-27\n\nDate: March 7, 1972\nTime: 2:29 pm - 2:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Abraham A. Ribicoff.\n\n[See Conversation No. 21-16]","filename":["322-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:14:21","tapeEnd":"01:15:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ribicoff, Abraham A."],"prevCode":"322-026","nextCode":"322-028","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":7.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":10.5,"end":14.42,"text":"Yeah, I get it."},{"start":14.8,"end":14.92,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":17.44,"end":26.99,"text":"Hey, I just learned this morning at our leaders' meeting that the Mrs. Ribbikoff was burial, and I wanted to know if we were thinking of her, and we're hoping for the best."},{"start":27.01,"end":28.23,"text":"And I would extend my very best wishes to her and Mrs. Nixon."},{"start":28.25,"end":29.5,"text":"And you just, I know it's a tough time, but we're all hopeful."},{"start":29.52,"end":29.62,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Senator Abraham Ribicoff to offer personal condolences regarding the recent death of Mrs. Ribicoff. The conversation served as a gesture of sympathy and political goodwill between the two figures. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this exchange.","topics":["Condolences","Abraham Ribicoff","Personal relations","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:59:38.315Z"},"topicSlugs":["condolences","abraham-ribicoff","personal-relations","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"322-027.mp3","bytes":1196199,"durationSec":29.76,"bitrate":321537,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/322-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/322/conversation-322-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}