{"conversationCode":"337-005","tapeNumber":337,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-337-005","startDateTime":"1972-05-10T13:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-10T14:05:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1972","startTime":"9:50 AM","endDate":"10-May-1972","endTime":"10:05 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:05 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 337-005 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. 337-5\n\nDate: May 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:50 and 10:05 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a letter to each member of his Duke Law School class.\n\n     Instructions\n\n     John S. Bradley's letter to the President\n          -Dinner attendance\n          -Message to class of 1937\n                -Enclosure","filename":["337a.mp3","337b.mp3","337c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:39:42","tapeEnd":"00:41:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"337-004","nextCode":"337-006","tapeTranscriptFile":"337a.mp3,337b.mp3,337c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":2366.61,"end":2367.98,"text":"to each member of the class his dear first name."},{"start":2368,"end":2370.04,"text":"John Bradley sent a letter personally to Professor John Bradley, expressing his regret."},{"start":2401.11,"end":2401.89,"text":"He had a message to the class in 1937."},{"start":2401.93,"end":2404.87,"text":"The president was so impressed with him that he thought he could buy him a company."},{"start":2428.88,"end":2430.06,"text":"I'd like to have the enclosed copy of Dr. Gregory's copy."},{"start":2430.08,"end":2430.3,"text":"Very good."},{"start":2430.32,"end":2430.64,"text":"I'll send it, sir."},{"start":2430.66,"end":2431.39,"text":"Oh, uh, are you ready to come over now?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":2364.875,"end":2435.125,"startMethod":"silence+findingaid","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictated personal letters addressed to each member of his 1937 Duke Law School graduating class. He specifically addressed a letter to Professor John Bradley to express regret regarding dinner attendance and to share a message intended for his former classmates. The President also requested that a copy of Dr. Gregory's correspondence be enclosed with the outgoing mail.","topics":["Duke Law School","Correspondence","John S. Bradley","Class of 1937","Alumni relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:55:22.264Z"},"topicSlugs":["duke-law-school","correspondence","john-s-bradley","class-of-1937","alumni-relations"],"audioDurationSec":83,"audioFiles":[{"file":"337a.mp3","bytes":116839856,"durationSec":7319.22,"bitrate":127707,"missing":false},{"file":"337b.mp3","bytes":117602026,"durationSec":7367.04,"bitrate":127706,"missing":false},{"file":"337c.mp3","bytes":84134009,"durationSec":5271.59,"bitrate":127679,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.909Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/337a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/337b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/337c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/337-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/337/conversation-337-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}