{"conversationCode":"324-031","tapeNumber":324,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-324-031","startDateTime":"1972-03-22T20:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-22T20:24:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1972","startTime":"3:15 PM","endDate":"22-Mar-1972","endTime":"3:24 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 3:15 pm and 3:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 324-031 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. 324-31\n\nDate: March 22, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:24 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?].\n\n     Pay Board\n          -John B. Connally\n          -Organized labor’s participation","filename":["324-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:45:19","tapeEnd":"03:46:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"324-030","nextCode":"324-032","transcript":[{"start":0.05,"end":20.32,"text":"See what we want to offer."},{"start":28.16,"end":51.29,"text":"I apparently don't want to do it today."},{"start":51.31,"end":51.93,"text":"I don't want to do it tomorrow."},{"start":51.95,"end":52.57,"text":"I don't want to do it tomorrow."},{"start":52.59,"end":53.22,"text":"I don't want to do it tomorrow."},{"start":53.23,"end":53.86,"text":"I don't want to do it tomorrow."},{"start":53.88,"end":54.5,"text":"I don't want to do it tomorrow."},{"start":54.52,"end":55.42,"text":"I don't want to do it tomorrow."},{"start":55.44,"end":56.06,"text":"I don't want to do it tomorrow."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman consulted on the administration's strategy regarding the Pay Board and the future of organized labor's participation. They discussed the involvement of John B. Connally in these negotiations and the timing of potential policy announcements. Nixon ultimately deferred taking any immediate action, indicating a preference to delay these decisions rather than address them in the short term.","topics":["Pay Board","Organized labor","John B. Connally","Economic policy","Labor relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:08:40.793Z"},"topicSlugs":["pay-board","organized-labor","john-b-connally","economic-policy","labor-relations"],"audioDurationSec":62,"audioFiles":[{"file":"324-031.mp3","bytes":2466795,"durationSec":61.53,"bitrate":320717,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/324-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/324-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/324/conversation-324-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}