{"conversationCode":"322-050","tapeNumber":322,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-322-050","startDateTime":"1972-03-13T01:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-13T02:25:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Mar-1972","startTime":"8:35 PM","endDate":"12-Mar-1972","endTime":"9:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On March 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-050 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. 322-50\n\nDate: March 12, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President continued a memorandum for the file.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/10/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[322-050-w001]\n[Duration: 4m 50s]\n\n       Busing\n                -Memorandum\n\n       Welfare\n\n       People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip\n              -Chou En-lai\n              -Mao Tse-tung\n\n       Department of State [DOS]\n\n       World problems\n              -Knowledge\n                    -The President’s time as Vice President\n\n              -World leaders\n                     -Conversation\n                             -[Unintelligible name]\n                             -Konrad Adenauer\n                             -Nikita S. Khrushchev\n                     -Large and small countries\n                     -Chou En-lai\n                             -Conversations\n                             -Respect\n                             -Staff quality\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum.\n\n     Gridiron dinner\n          -Harry S. Truman\n          -Franklin D. Roosevelt\n          -Dwight D. Eisenhower","filename":["322-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:17:33","tapeEnd":"03:25:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"322-049","nextCode":"322-051","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":18.84,"text":"I believe that that's what you do."},{"start":18.87,"end":19.33,"text":"That's what I'm saying."},{"start":19.35,"end":20.39,"text":"I know there's some other parts that you might make."},{"start":20.41,"end":20.51,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":20.53,"end":20.73,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":20.75,"end":20.85,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":20.87,"end":20.97,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":20.99,"end":21.09,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":21.11,"end":21.21,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":21.23,"end":21.33,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":21.31,"end":46.27,"text":"There is still a great deal of mystery."},{"start":47.74,"end":70.82,"text":"I'm going to take a few seconds."},{"start":70.84,"end":71.48,"text":"I'm going to take a few seconds."},{"start":71.5,"end":72.14,"text":"I'm going to take a few seconds."},{"start":72.63,"end":91.9,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":92.41,"end":109.98,"text":"And as a result, much of it comes up on the spot without being proven accurate."},{"start":110,"end":112.2,"text":"And so, maybe technical knowledge is more of a problem when they use this in a way that doesn't work out well."},{"start":113.21,"end":132.35,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":133.01,"end":155.73,"text":"Turn back to where you started."},{"start":155.75,"end":157.91,"text":"When you started with the mini-tree, all was very much in the mind of all the people that were in the space."},{"start":157.93,"end":158.31,"text":"I was in the space."},{"start":158.33,"end":158.71,"text":"I was in the space."},{"start":158.73,"end":159.11,"text":"I was in the space."},{"start":159.13,"end":159.51,"text":"I was in the space."},{"start":159.53,"end":159.91,"text":"I was in the space."},{"start":159.93,"end":160.31,"text":"I was in the space."},{"start":161.17,"end":188.02,"text":"I think that's the goal."},{"start":188.04,"end":188.52,"text":"I think that's the goal."},{"start":188.54,"end":189.02,"text":"I think that's the goal."},{"start":189.04,"end":189.52,"text":"I think that's the goal."},{"start":190.31,"end":196.17,"text":"um"},{"start":197.42,"end":222.59,"text":"and all of his connections."},{"start":222.61,"end":223.07,"text":"You know what he wants."},{"start":223.09,"end":223.55,"text":"You know what he wants."},{"start":223.57,"end":224.03,"text":"You know what he wants."},{"start":224.05,"end":224.51,"text":"You know what he wants."},{"start":224.53,"end":225,"text":"You know what he wants."},{"start":224.97,"end":247.02,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":248.78,"end":272.16,"text":"I do not know whether..."},{"start":273.15,"end":292.41,"text":"Another subject."},{"start":293.56,"end":313.1,"text":"And you guys need some information with regard to how many ."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictates a reflective memorandum for his personal files regarding various administrative and diplomatic issues. The recording covers diverse policy topics including domestic concerns like busing and welfare, as well as reflections on his recent historic trip to the People's Republic of China. Nixon also compares his current experiences with world leaders to his previous tenure as Vice President, while offering anecdotal observations about past presidential experiences at the Gridiron dinner.","topics":["Busing","Welfare","People's Republic of China","Diplomacy","Gridiron Dinner","Presidential Reflections"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:01:48.921Z"},"topicSlugs":["busing","welfare","peoples-republic-of-china","diplomacy","gridiron-dinner","presidential-reflections"],"audioDurationSec":313,"audioFiles":[{"file":"322-050.mp3","bytes":12527073,"durationSec":313.05,"bitrate":320129,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","transcriptGapSeconds":282,"transcriptGapShare":0.9,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/322-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/322/conversation-322-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}