{"conversationCode":"357-012","tapeNumber":357,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-357-012","startDateTime":"1972-09-21T21:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-21T21:25:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Sep-1972","startTime":"5:02 PM","endDate":"21-Sep-1972","endTime":"5:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On September 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 357-012 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. 357-12\n\nDate: September 21, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\n                                        (rev. Oct-06)\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n             Break-in of Dr. John C. Lungren’s office\n                 -The President’s view\n                 -Unknown person’s view","filename":["357-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"357-011","nextCode":"357-013","transcript":[{"start":0.79,"end":26.43,"text":"So that is the most bizarre answer out there."},{"start":26.45,"end":26.93,"text":"What do you think of it?"},{"start":27.43,"end":27.53,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":27.55,"end":27.65,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":27.67,"end":27.77,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":27.79,"end":27.89,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":27.91,"end":28.01,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":28.03,"end":28.15,"text":"Right."},{"start":28.17,"end":28.35,"text":"Good job."},{"start":31.62,"end":32.98,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the recent break-in at the office of Dr. John C. Lungren, Nixon’s personal physician. The participants exchange views on the bizarre nature of the incident and analyze potential theories regarding the perpetrator's motives. The brief discussion serves to address the President's assessment of the security breach and gather Woods's perspective on the developing situation.","topics":["John C. Lungren","Rose Mary Woods","Break-in","White House security","Medical staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:48:12.187Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-c-lungren","rose-mary-woods","break-in","white-house-security","medical-staff"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"357-012.mp3","bytes":859532,"durationSec":35.75,"bitrate":192360,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.874Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/357-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/357-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/357/conversation-357-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}