{"conversationCode":"333-024","tapeNumber":333,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-333-024","startDateTime":"1972-04-26T21:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-26T22:01:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1972","startTime":"4:37 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1972","endTime":"5:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 26, 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 4:37 pm and 5:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 333-024 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. 333-24\n\nDate: April 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:37 pm and 5:01 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n       Vietnam\n            -The President's speech\n                 -Unknown person's attendance\n                       -Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n            -Democratic caucus\n                 -Response\n                       -Negotiations","filename":["333-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:22:16","tapeEnd":"03:23:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"333-023","nextCode":"333-025","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":25.93,"text":"And I feel it would be very helpful if you could make tonight your session with the press come up in a way that you can."},{"start":25.95,"end":28.34,"text":"My impression of that is that it would be that the president's state of play would be that you're not a good president."},{"start":28.36,"end":29.08,"text":"I don't know if you see what I mean."},{"start":29.82,"end":50.38,"text":"So that what I managed to say to Democrats, they might ask for a little bit about that."},{"start":50.4,"end":51.7,"text":"They're going to do this, and they're going to do that over time."},{"start":51.73,"end":56.79,"text":"Just say, look, we respect everybody's right to do this, but at the present time, when we're having this very delicate negotiating situation, I'm certain that you would say that any undercutting of the president would not be the end of the conversation."},{"start":56.81,"end":57.07,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":57.51,"end":59.08,"text":"All right, good."},{"start":59.1,"end":61.61,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an associate regarding the administration’s public response to Democratic opposition concerning the Vietnam War. They discussed how to frame upcoming press interactions to counter political pressure while emphasizing the sensitivity of ongoing peace negotiations. Nixon instructed his aide to advocate for national unity by cautioning that political undercutting could jeopardize delicate diplomatic efforts.","topics":["Vietnam War","Democratic Party","Public Relations","Diplomacy","Foreign Policy","Press Relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:39:11.982Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","democratic-party","public-relations","diplomacy","foreign-policy","press-relations"],"audioDurationSec":62,"audioFiles":[{"file":"333-024.mp3","bytes":2472020,"durationSec":61.65,"bitrate":320761,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.908Z","transcriptGapSeconds":46,"transcriptGapShare":0.75,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/333-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/333-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/333/conversation-333-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}