{"conversationCode":"352-012","tapeNumber":352,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-352-012","startDateTime":"1972-07-26T21:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-26T21:55:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jul-1972","startTime":"5:35 PM","endDate":"26-Jul-1972","endTime":"5:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On July 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Patrick J. Buchanan, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:35 pm to 5:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 352-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 352-12\n\nDate: July 26, 1972\nTime: 5:35 pm - 5:55 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n      Michael J. Mansfield\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 54s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield entered at 5:38 pm.\n\n      Unknown items\n          -Number\n\nButterfield left at 5:40 pm.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 3m 51s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman between 5:40 and 5:48 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 352-12A]\n\n[See Conversation No. 27-93; one item has been withdrawn]\n\n     Clark MacGregor\n          -The President’s previous conversation with Nelson A. Rockefeller\n                -Performance during press conference\n          -Possible briefing for the Cabinet\n          -Possible briefing for wives of officials\n          -Rockefeller’s view of MacGregor\n          -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with MacGregor\n\n     Herbert J. (“Jackie”) Gleason\n\n     MacGregor\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration:    6m 50s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBuchanan left at 5:55 pm.","filename":["352-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buchanan, Patrick J.","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"352-011","nextCode":"352-013","transcript":[{"start":160.99,"end":171.57,"text":"You can also tell if it's an irate ."},{"start":210.31,"end":211.21,"text":"We're an all-star team."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with H. R. Haldeman regarding Clark MacGregor’s performance and the fallout from a recent press conference involving Nelson Rockefeller. The discussion focused on managing political messaging, including the potential for future briefings directed at Cabinet members and the spouses of administration officials. They further addressed Rockefeller’s assessment of MacGregor as they strategized on internal political coordination.","topics":["Clark MacGregor","Nelson Rockefeller","Political Strategy","Press Relations","White House Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:36:21.045Z"},"topicSlugs":["clark-macgregor","nelson-rockefeller","political-strategy","press-relations","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":310,"audioFiles":[{"file":"352-012.mp3","bytes":7429850,"durationSec":309.51,"bitrate":192043,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.539Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:25.184Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/352-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/352-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/352/conversation-352-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}