{"conversationCode":"339-017","tapeNumber":339,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-339-017","startDateTime":"1972-05-16T01:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-16T01:39:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1972","startTime":"9:36 PM","endDate":"15-May-1972","endTime":"9:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:36 pm to 9:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 339-017 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. 339-17\n\nDate: May 15, 1972\nTime: 9:36-9:39 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n[See Conversation No. 24-128]","filename":["339a.mp3","339b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:49:27","tapeEnd":"02:52:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"339-016","nextCode":"339-018","tapeTranscriptFile":"339a.mp3,339b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":10163.72,"end":10167.74,"text":"Now, with regard to Vietnam, you're sure that the Air Force is going to need to pound the hell out of them now."},{"start":10167.78,"end":10168.28,"text":"They want an 1100."},{"start":10168.32,"end":10169,"text":"I want an 1100 as well."},{"start":10169.04,"end":10170.32,"text":"Let me talk to you today, all right?"},{"start":10170.34,"end":10170.96,"text":"You all right now?"},{"start":10170.98,"end":10173.04,"text":"I haven't decided over here where to stand yet."},{"start":10206.3,"end":10208.45,"text":"Now, you told him that he needed to come up to Camp David."},{"start":10208.47,"end":10210.63,"text":"And then, I'll tell you what, I'll go breakfast on him."},{"start":10242.58,"end":10243.09,"text":"It's a good rifle."},{"start":10285.48,"end":10285.72,"text":"That's a lot."},{"start":10285.74,"end":10285.82,"text":"Okay."},{"start":10285.84,"end":10286.12,"text":"All right, then."},{"start":10320.59,"end":10321.85,"text":"We'll, uh, I believe that we can't do it tomorrow night."},{"start":10321.88,"end":10323.1,"text":"We still have to do it in a couple of days."},{"start":10323.12,"end":10323.6,"text":"So we won't take it."},{"start":10348.41,"end":10348.65,"text":"OK. All right."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":10162.625,"end":10351,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the ongoing intensification of the air war in Vietnam, specifically referencing a target count of 1,100. The conversation also involves logistical planning for a meeting at Camp David, where the President intends to host an unidentified individual for breakfast. These discussions reflect the President's strategic focus on military operations and the management of sensitive, high-level scheduling.","topics":["Vietnam War","Air Force","Camp David","Military strategy","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:03:18.225Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","air-force","camp-david","military-strategy","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":182,"audioFiles":[{"file":"339a.mp3","bytes":117330039,"durationSec":7333.13,"bitrate":127999,"missing":false},{"file":"339b.mp3","bytes":113390077,"durationSec":7122.84,"bitrate":127353,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.909Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/339a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/339b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/339-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/339/conversation-339-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}