{"conversationCode":"334-027","tapeNumber":334,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-334-027","startDateTime":"1972-05-02T17:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-02T20:38:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1972","startTime":"1:23 PM","endDate":"2-May-1972","endTime":"4:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 4:38 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 334-027 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. 334-27\n\nDate: May 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 4:38 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for the file.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/07/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n\n[Personal Returnable]\n[334-027-w001]\n[Duration: 2m 34s]\n\n     A dinner\n          -May 2, newspaper account\n          -John B. Connally\n          -New Hampshire [?]\n\n     Melvin R. Laird and Thomas H. Moorer\n\n     Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope and other entertainers\n           -Vietnam\n                 -TV appearance\n\n     George C. Wallace\n\n     Drug use in military\n          -Dishonorable discharges\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["334-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:16:04","tapeEnd":"02:19:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"334-026","nextCode":"334-028","transcript":[{"start":0.99,"end":16.46,"text":"This is a tape of May 2nd, the previous tape jammed in the middle."},{"start":16.48,"end":17.66,"text":"It sounds like I'm sitting at the end of the common center."},{"start":17.68,"end":19.28,"text":"Now I'm sure it's the rest of the center that's going to go to the actual place."},{"start":19.3,"end":19.96,"text":"And I'm talking to you right now."},{"start":19.98,"end":20.66,"text":"I'm not going to do any sightings."},{"start":20.68,"end":21.25,"text":"I don't think it's worth it."},{"start":22.29,"end":47.49,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":52.7,"end":80.44,"text":"."},{"start":80.45,"end":80.47,"text":"."},{"start":80.5,"end":80.52,"text":"."},{"start":80.53,"end":80.56,"text":"."},{"start":80.58,"end":80.59,"text":"."},{"start":81.06,"end":106.19,"text":"And there were several of the others, and there was one fellow who was planning to do the bombing of Vietnam."},{"start":106.21,"end":110.82,"text":"And he was present in the building, and he was on his way to the building, and he was on his way to the building, and he was on his way to the building, and he was on his way to the building, and he was on his way to the building,"},{"start":111.86,"end":139.12,"text":"."},{"start":139.14,"end":139.16,"text":"."},{"start":139.18,"end":139.2,"text":"."},{"start":142.68,"end":155.07,"text":"."},{"start":155.09,"end":155.11,"text":"."},{"start":155.13,"end":155.15,"text":"."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictates a memorandum for the file to summarize recent events and internal administrative considerations. He reviews a dinner involving John B. Connally, discusses the involvement of entertainers like Bob Hope in Vietnam, and touches upon military matters including drug use and dishonorable discharges. Additionally, the President briefly reflects on the activities of defense officials Melvin R. Laird and Thomas H. Moorer regarding the escalation of the Vietnam War.","topics":["John B. Connally","Vietnam War","Military discipline","Bob Hope","Melvin R. Laird","Thomas H. Moorer"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:43:42.735Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","vietnam-war","military-discipline","bob-hope","melvin-r-laird","thomas-h-moorer"],"audioDurationSec":155,"audioFiles":[{"file":"334-027.mp3","bytes":6209616,"durationSec":155.1,"bitrate":320287,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.909Z","transcriptGapSeconds":121,"transcriptGapShare":0.78,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/334-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/334-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/334/conversation-334-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}