{"conversationCode":"322-054","tapeNumber":322,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-322-054","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. 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(“Bob”) Haldeman\n                   -Vice President\n                           -John B. Connally\n                                   -The President\n                                   -Democrats\n                           -Spiro T. Agnew\n                           -John B. Connally\n                                   -Nelson A. Rockefeller [?]\n                                   -Democratic National Convention\n                                   -Possible party change\n                   -Senate\n            -The President’s conversation with unknown person\n\n       Ronald L. Ziegler\n              -Pepperdine University\n\n       Florida primary\n               -Results\n                      -George C. Wallace\n                      -Hubert H. Humphrey\n                      -Edmund S. Muskie\n                      -George S. McGovern\n                      -John N. Ashbrook\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["322-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:33:56","tapeEnd":"03:37:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"322-053","nextCode":"322-055","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.22,"text":"related to memoranda and the important ."},{"start":4.82,"end":23.82,"text":"I also discussed the advice that was given to it in college."},{"start":23.84,"end":24.38,"text":"He's still fighting for it."},{"start":24.4,"end":25.7,"text":"He sent the direction of Connelly and the NDA to support it down."},{"start":25.72,"end":26.24,"text":"He felt strongly about it."},{"start":26.26,"end":28.05,"text":"He not only did not want to be president, but he also did not want to be president-elect."},{"start":28.07,"end":30.09,"text":"He was invested in it, because it happened to be one of those kind of women who's gone right into it."},{"start":30.07,"end":52.65,"text":"These days, the White House is trying to act in a very defensive way, and they're looking at it as if it's no longer going to happen."},{"start":52.67,"end":54.05,"text":"These days, the White House is trying to act in a very defensive way."},{"start":56.71,"end":70.8,"text":"."},{"start":70.81,"end":70.83,"text":"."},{"start":70.86,"end":70.88,"text":"."},{"start":71.97,"end":90.46,"text":"I had to sit in a chair with a gavel."},{"start":90.48,"end":91.38,"text":"I was always going to use the gavel as I had."},{"start":91.36,"end":119.43,"text":"Easy."},{"start":119.45,"end":119.55,"text":"Easy."},{"start":119.57,"end":119.67,"text":"Easy."},{"start":119.69,"end":119.79,"text":"Easy."},{"start":119.81,"end":119.91,"text":"Easy."},{"start":121.63,"end":137.14,"text":"Easy."},{"start":137.16,"end":137.26,"text":"Easy."},{"start":137.28,"end":137.38,"text":"Easy."},{"start":139.01,"end":155.99,"text":"... ... ..."},{"start":155.97,"end":185.39,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":185.79,"end":212.56,"text":"Wallace first, Humphrey second, Muskie third, Bill fourth, and I don't know, quite a lot of them except three of them."},{"start":212.59,"end":213.01,"text":"That would be better."},{"start":213.03,"end":213.81,"text":"My husband would be better than Andrew."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictates a memorandum regarding his recent discussions with H. R. Haldeman concerning the political landscape following the Florida primary. The conversation evaluates the performance of Democratic candidates George Wallace, Hubert Humphrey, and Edmund Muskie, while weighing the future of Vice President Spiro Agnew. Additionally, Nixon explores the prospect of John B. Connally switching parties or assuming a more prominent role within the administration.","topics":["Florida primary","John B. Connally","Spiro Agnew","Democratic Party","Election strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:02:11.407Z"},"topicSlugs":["florida-primary","john-b-connally","spiro-agnew","democratic-party","election-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":214,"audioFiles":[{"file":"322-054.mp3","bytes":8572134,"durationSec":214.17,"bitrate":320192,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","transcriptGapSeconds":177,"transcriptGapShare":0.83,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/322-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/322/conversation-322-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}