{"conversationCode":"324-026","tapeNumber":324,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-324-026","startDateTime":"1972-03-22T18:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-22T19:55:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1972","startTime":"1:30 PM","endDate":"22-Mar-1972","endTime":"2:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On March 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 324-026 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. 324-26\n\nDate: March 22,1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:55 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Possible American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]\n          walkout from the Pay Board\n          -George P. Shultz\n          -John B. Connally\n          -Donald H. Rumsfeld\n          -The President’s possible action\n               -Television","filename":["324-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:29:00","tapeEnd":"03:30:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"324-025","nextCode":"324-027","transcript":[{"start":0.07,"end":26.26,"text":"I would like to tell you, if, uh, looking at this, uh, it's relevant, that, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh,"},{"start":32.41,"end":41.48,"text":"But in the event that we decided to go, it had harmed my own memory."},{"start":41.5,"end":42.42,"text":"And it stayed on probably to the local writer."},{"start":61.62,"end":64.29,"text":"So we're fighting battle."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman consulted on the potential fallout from an impending walkout by the AFL-CIO from the Pay Board. The discussion centered on assessing the political impact of this labor conflict and coordinating a strategic response involving key advisors such as George P. Shultz, John B. Connally, and Donald H. Rumsfeld. Nixon specifically weighed the option of addressing the situation directly through a televised public statement.","topics":["AFL-CIO","Pay Board","Labor relations","Economic policy","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:08:13.755Z"},"topicSlugs":["afl-cio","pay-board","labor-relations","economic-policy","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":73,"audioFiles":[{"file":"324-026.mp3","bytes":2908787,"durationSec":72.57,"bitrate":320643,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.569Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/324-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/324-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/324/conversation-324-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}