{"conversationCode":"361-005","tapeNumber":361,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-361-005","startDateTime":"1972-08-22T13:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-22T13:59:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Aug-1972","startTime":"9:58 AM","endDate":"22-Aug-1972","endTime":"9:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Brooke, Edward W.;","description":"On August 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Edward W. Brooke met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:58 am to 9:59 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 361-005 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. 361-5\n\nDate: August 22, 1972\nTime: 9:58 am - 9:59 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Edward W. Brooke.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 27 s      ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n             The President’s forthcoming acceptance speech\n                 -Vietnam\n                     -Chances for peace\n\n                                        (rev. Nov-03)\n\n            The President’s previous conversation with Brooke\n                -People’s Republic of China","filename":["361-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Brooke, Edward W."],"prevCode":"361-004","nextCode":"361-006","transcript":[{"start":12.91,"end":14.71,"text":"And I'll say a few things."},{"start":14.73,"end":26.87,"text":"Of course, I haven't covered the waterfront in a long time, but I'll particularly, I've got particularly the last half of the size of the piece issue, which I think everybody will want."},{"start":26.89,"end":29.31,"text":"That's the big one, in my opinion."},{"start":29.33,"end":32.68,"text":"And all the other things, they're impossible to get back."},{"start":33.18,"end":37.55,"text":"But anyway, I'll never forget, we brought a China member on that airplane."},{"start":38.37,"end":38.83,"text":"It's there."},{"start":44.06,"end":47.66,"text":"So I appreciate it and good luck and we'll see you now."},{"start":47.68,"end":47.86,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Senator Edward W. Brooke to discuss the messaging strategy for his upcoming acceptance speech, specifically emphasizing his administration's pursuit of peace in Vietnam. The two also reflected on the President’s recent diplomatic outreach to the People's Republic of China. No formal policy decisions were recorded during this brief exchange, which served primarily as a check-in regarding the administration's key political priorities.","topics":["Vietnam War","Acceptance Speech","People's Republic of China","Diplomacy","1972 Election"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:53:51.021Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","acceptance-speech","peoples-republic-of-china","diplomacy","1972-election"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"361-005.mp3","bytes":1225664,"durationSec":51.01,"bitrate":192210,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.874Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/361-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/361-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/361/conversation-361-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}