{"conversationCode":"329-022","tapeNumber":329,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-329-022","startDateTime":"1972-04-11T19:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-11T19:45:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Apr-1972","startTime":"2:08 PM","endDate":"11-Apr-1972","endTime":"2:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:08 pm and 2:45 pm. 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Ehrlichman\n                -Kissinger\n          -Busing\n                -Points to make\n          -Food prices\n                -George P. Shultz\n                -Herbert Stein\n                -Decline\n          -John B. Connally's statement\n                -Wholesale prices\n                -Compared with Elliot L. Richardson and Shultz\n                      -Stein\n          -Length\n          -Kissinger\n          -Ehrlichman\n                -Points to cover\n                      -Busing\n                      -Drugs\n                      -Food prices","filename":["329-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:20:35","tapeEnd":"01:23:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"329-021","nextCode":"329-023","transcript":[{"start":7.79,"end":12.84,"text":"Tomorrow we have the ."},{"start":15.62,"end":40.53,"text":"Then I think ."},{"start":41,"end":45.63,"text":"."},{"start":45.65,"end":50.21,"text":"."},{"start":56.78,"end":57,"text":"."},{"start":57.02,"end":57.38,"text":"."},{"start":63.85,"end":65.73,"text":"."},{"start":65.96,"end":83.35,"text":"That's the thing about it."},{"start":83.37,"end":84.29,"text":"You may have to ask the shelter sign to do it."},{"start":84.31,"end":86.9,"text":"When somebody should go on the food crisis or should play out, you should be talking about food crisis coming down on their head."},{"start":86.92,"end":87.46,"text":"You need to think about it."},{"start":87.48,"end":88.02,"text":"You need to think about it."},{"start":88.04,"end":88.78,"text":"You need to think about it."},{"start":89.27,"end":113.5,"text":"You see, he was a better salesman on all of his money."},{"start":113.94,"end":130.15,"text":"St. Richardson would be on buses, or Shelter Stein, Shelter's mine, if you want that."},{"start":130.17,"end":131.77,"text":"So I just try that, and that would be very nice."},{"start":131.79,"end":137.74,"text":"Now, that'll expand to an hour and a half, but that's okay."},{"start":137.76,"end":138.24,"text":"But Henry, go on first."},{"start":141.06,"end":141.48,"text":"Don't go on too much."},{"start":141.5,"end":142.32,"text":"The man comes along."},{"start":142.34,"end":143.08,"text":"I don't know how he's going to do it."},{"start":145.32,"end":159.93,"text":"where we can take those three points and put them together."},{"start":160.01,"end":165,"text":"So those are the two that's not busted, drugged, and put right under something."},{"start":165.02,"end":168.24,"text":"And then give each other a pedestal to be right on, prepared, something to pass up."},{"start":168.26,"end":168.36,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":168.38,"end":168.68,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield and other aides to coordinate an upcoming meeting with congressional leaders. The discussion focused on establishing talking points for key policy issues, specifically addressing concerns regarding school busing, drug control, and rising food prices. Nixon instructed staff on the order of speakers, prioritizing Henry Kissinger’s foreign policy briefing while emphasizing that domestic economic explanations should be handled by George Shultz, Herbert Stein, or Elliot Richardson.","topics":["Congressional relations","Busing","Food prices","Drug control policy","Economic policy","Henry Kissinger"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:20:23.930Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-relations","busing","food-prices","drug-control-policy","economic-policy","henry-kissinger"],"audioDurationSec":171,"audioFiles":[{"file":"329-022.mp3","bytes":6859546,"durationSec":171.35,"bitrate":320266,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.906Z","transcriptGapSeconds":83,"transcriptGapShare":0.48,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/329-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/329/conversation-329-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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