{"conversationCode":"362-008","tapeNumber":362,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-362-008","startDateTime":"1972-08-04T18:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-04T18:35:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Aug-1972","startTime":"2:34 PM","endDate":"4-Aug-1972","endTime":"2:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.;","description":"On August 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:34 pm to 2:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-008 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. 362-8\n\nDate: August 4, 1972\nTime: 2:34 pm - 2:35 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n[See Conversation No. 29-24]","filename":["362-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buchanan, Patrick J."],"prevCode":"362-007","nextCode":"362-009","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":6.36,"text":"I want to drop over a minute before I go."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief meeting with White House aide Patrick J. Buchanan shortly before his scheduled departure. The interaction served as a final consultation or farewell before the President left his office. No specific policy decisions were recorded during this abbreviated exchange.","topics":["White House administration","Presidential scheduling","Patrick J. Buchanan","Internal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:56:24.924Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","presidential-scheduling","patrick-j-buchanan","internal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"362-008.mp3","bytes":225697,"durationSec":9.35,"bitrate":193178,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.539Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/362-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/362/conversation-362-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}