{"conversationCode":"324-036","tapeNumber":324,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-324-036","startDateTime":"1972-03-22T20:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-22T21:01:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1972","startTime":"3:29 PM","endDate":"22-Mar-1972","endTime":"4:01 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 3:29 pm and 4:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 324-036 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. 324-36\n\nDate: March 22, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:29 pm and 4:01 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?].\n\n     White House position\n          -Candidate\n               -Black","filename":["324-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:52:31","tapeEnd":"03:52:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"324-035","nextCode":"324-037","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":14.5,"text":"If I have a choice, I will see whether they have a black candidate for my job, in addition to the horse."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss the strategic recruitment of Black candidates for White House staff positions. The President expresses a preference for diversifying the administration's personnel to include Black representatives alongside other existing priorities. This dialogue reflects the administration's focus on political optics and staffing maneuvers during the 1972 election cycle.","topics":["White House staffing","Black candidates","Political strategy","Personnel management","1972 election"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:09:07.792Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-staffing","black-candidates","political-strategy","personnel-management","1972-election"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"324-036.mp3","bytes":584934,"durationSec":14.48,"bitrate":323097,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/324-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/324-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/324/conversation-324-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}