{"conversationCode":"322-047","tapeNumber":322,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-322-047","startDateTime":"1972-03-09T19:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-09T21:30:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Mar-1972","startTime":"2:40 PM","endDate":"9-Mar-1972","endTime":"4:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On March 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm. 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Agnew and Nelson A. Rockefeller\n                     -Office of the Vice President\n                     -Office of the President\n\nSanchez entered at an unknown time after 2:40 pm.\n\n     Request\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm\n\n       The President\n              -Needed attributes\n                     -Cooperation\n                     -Public appeal\n              -Nelson A. Rockefeller\n                     -Henry A. Kissinger\n                     -The President’s opinion\n                     -Vice President\n                             -Candidate\n                             -John B. Connally\n                     -Ambassadors\n                     -Ronald L .Ziegler [?]\n\n       William P. Rogers\n              -Henry A. Kissinger\n\n              -Department of State [DOS]\n              -Foreign policy\n                     -The President\n\n       1972 campaign\n              -Illinois [?]\n              -Edmund S. Muskie\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["322-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:40:29","tapeEnd":"02:47:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"322-046","nextCode":"322-048","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":20.82,"text":"Personal file not to be transcribed."},{"start":20.84,"end":22.64,"text":"I had a very interesting talk with Julie and Dave in the swimming pool the 10th day of it."},{"start":22.66,"end":23.34,"text":"And they gave me this on Saturday."},{"start":23.36,"end":24.77,"text":"And they gave me this on the Sunday after returning from the 10th day."},{"start":24.79,"end":26.19,"text":"And they gave me this on the Sunday after returning from the 10th day."},{"start":26.21,"end":27.19,"text":"The composition I had must have been on Saturday."},{"start":27.21,"end":27.59,"text":"The 10th day of it."},{"start":27.61,"end":28.13,"text":"I even just saw the movie."},{"start":29.06,"end":54.67,"text":"Hello."},{"start":54.69,"end":54.79,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":54.81,"end":54.91,"text":"Okay."},{"start":61.25,"end":85.32,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":85.79,"end":102.44,"text":"Now I'm finding a way that I can include it in the document that I'm serving."},{"start":102.46,"end":103.02,"text":"It's very easy for me to do."},{"start":103.04,"end":104.96,"text":"If I'm in the office of my president, then one must make it clear enough that I'm the president."},{"start":104.98,"end":106.9,"text":"If I'm in the office of my president, then one must make it clear enough that I'm the president."},{"start":107.34,"end":135.12,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":135.14,"end":135.34,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":143.64,"end":167.79,"text":"for example, that whoever is going to be president has a very effective and, if necessary, ruthless political operator."},{"start":167.81,"end":169.47,"text":"It's a combination of what we've had in the past and what's going on in the future."},{"start":169.49,"end":172.11,"text":"I don't know if it's an effective political operator, because we have a lot of public appeal and an idea of what we're looking for."},{"start":172.13,"end":173.59,"text":"We don't have to go as far as being able to press freedom to be received."},{"start":174.52,"end":193.66,"text":"Rockefeller, on the other hand, is somebody to address to you guys."},{"start":193.68,"end":195.42,"text":"I, of course, consider that Rockefeller would like to address part of you guys as well."},{"start":195.44,"end":196.64,"text":"I'd like to say thank you for everything you've done for me."},{"start":196.66,"end":197,"text":"I'm proud of you."},{"start":197.02,"end":197.36,"text":"I'm proud of you."},{"start":197.38,"end":197.72,"text":"I'm proud of you."},{"start":197.74,"end":198.08,"text":"I'm proud of you."},{"start":198.1,"end":198.44,"text":"I'm proud of you."},{"start":198.47,"end":198.81,"text":"I'm proud of you."},{"start":199.76,"end":225.96,"text":"A lot of bastards."},{"start":227.72,"end":249.4,"text":"I do not realize that nobody has talked to me."},{"start":249.42,"end":249.94,"text":"Of course, tomorrow we do."},{"start":249.97,"end":250.15,"text":"And I do."},{"start":250.16,"end":250.34,"text":"And I do."},{"start":250.37,"end":250.55,"text":"And I do."},{"start":250.57,"end":250.75,"text":"And I do."},{"start":251.27,"end":278.56,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":280.32,"end":306.13,"text":"You have to recognize what you're doing is not right for both of us to do."},{"start":306.15,"end":307.63,"text":"You have to recognize what you're doing is not right for both of us to do."},{"start":307.65,"end":309.13,"text":"You have to recognize what you're doing is not right for both of us to do."},{"start":309.47,"end":338.21,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":339.5,"end":363.56,"text":"This is actually the highest track we've ever explored."},{"start":363.58,"end":364.04,"text":"There are a few graphs."},{"start":364.06,"end":364.66,"text":"I'm not going to go over them."},{"start":364.68,"end":365.52,"text":"I'm going to follow them around 2 o'clock."},{"start":365.54,"end":366.14,"text":"I'm not going to go over them."},{"start":366.16,"end":366.76,"text":"I'm not going to go over them."},{"start":366.79,"end":367.39,"text":"I'm not going to go over them."},{"start":368.88,"end":390.76,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":391.19,"end":413.66,"text":"."},{"start":413.68,"end":413.7,"text":"."},{"start":413.72,"end":413.74,"text":"."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictated a memorandum for his personal files while interacting with his valet, Manolo Sanchez. The discourse reflects on personal family matters, including recent interactions with his daughter Julie and son-in-law David Eisenhower, alongside introspective musings on the nature of political power and leadership. Nixon touches upon the requirements for effective political operators and briefly mentions Nelson Rockefeller in the context of his political assessments.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Manolo Sanchez","Political Strategy","Nelson Rockefeller","Personal Reflection"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:01:32.057Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","manolo-sanchez","political-strategy","nelson-rockefeller","personal-reflection"],"audioDurationSec":421,"audioFiles":[{"file":"322-047.mp3","bytes":16829962,"durationSec":420.61,"bitrate":320103,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:20.701Z","transcriptGapSeconds":356,"transcriptGapShare":0.85,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/322-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/322/conversation-322-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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