{"conversationCode":"334-017","tapeNumber":334,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-334-017","startDateTime":"1972-05-02T14:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-02T14:43:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1972","startTime":"10:37 AM","endDate":"2-May-1972","endTime":"10:43 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.;","description":"On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 10:43 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 334-017 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. 334-17\n\nDate: May 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown after 10:37 am and 10:43 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n     Typing\n\n     J. Edgar Hoover\n           -Statement\n                 -Release\n\nBuchanan left at 10:43 am.","filename":["334-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:54:02","tapeEnd":"01:54:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buchanan, Patrick J."],"prevCode":"334-016","nextCode":"334-018","transcript":[{"start":0.82,"end":18.9,"text":"Thank you, gentlemen."},{"start":18.92,"end":19.12,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Patrick J. Buchanan to discuss the handling of a statement regarding the recently deceased FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover. The conversation focused on the timing and strategic release of this official statement. No further actions were recorded before the brief meeting concluded.","topics":["J. Edgar Hoover","Public relations","Federal Bureau of Investigation","Death of J. Edgar Hoover"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:42:47.657Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-edgar-hoover","public-relations","federal-bureau-of-investigation","death-of-j-edgar-hoover"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"334-017.mp3","bytes":768832,"durationSec":19.07,"bitrate":322533,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.908Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/334-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/334-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/334/conversation-334-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}