{"conversationCode":"323-032","tapeNumber":323,"conversationNumber":32,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-323-032","startDateTime":"1972-03-17T20:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-17T20:05:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1972","startTime":"3:02 PM","endDate":"17-Mar-1972","endTime":"3:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Russell, Howard;","description":"On March 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Howard Russell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 3:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 323-032 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. 323-32\n\nDate: March 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:02 pm and 3:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?].\n\n     Haldeman’s schedule\n          -Forthcoming meeting with the President","filename":["323a.mp3","323b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:39:28","tapeEnd":"02:39:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Russell, Howard"],"prevCode":"323-031","nextCode":"323-033","tapeTranscriptFile":"323a.mp3,323b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":9568,"end":9571.1,"text":"It's not out there in the country."},{"start":9571.12,"end":9573.4,"text":"I don't see any surveys or anything like that."},{"start":9574.06,"end":9585.2,"text":"I can't say that I know this is happening."},{"start":9586.02,"end":9591.15,"text":"I mean, people are aware of it, but my impression is that"},{"start":9592.26,"end":9595.62,"text":"They're not focusing on the White House or the presidency."},{"start":9595.64,"end":9597,"text":"I don't think they think that they basically intend to do it."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":9568,"end":9597,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Howard Russell discussed the current state of public opinion regarding the administration and the presidency. They assessed whether the general public was actively focused on White House activities or if the presidency remained outside the primary sphere of national concern. The exchange served as a brief analytical review of political engagement and the perceived impact of presidential policy on the electorate.","topics":["Public opinion","Political perception","White House image","Presidential approval","National sentiment"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:05:33.154Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-opinion","political-perception","white-house-image","presidential-approval","national-sentiment"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"323a.mp3","bytes":117327329,"durationSec":7349.77,"bitrate":127707,"missing":false},{"file":"323b.mp3","bytes":112998581,"durationSec":7078.38,"bitrate":127711,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.569Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/323a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/323b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/323-032","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/323/conversation-323-032","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}