{"conversationCode":"362-026","tapeNumber":362,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-362-026","startDateTime":"1972-09-06T16:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-06T18:16:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Sep-1972","startTime":"12:40 PM","endDate":"6-Sep-1972","endTime":"2:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; White House operator;","description":"On September 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-026 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. 362-26\n\nDate: September 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 2:16 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum to an unknown person.\n\n             [Unintelligible]\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President at 2:16 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 362-26A]\n\n             Call to Melvin R. Laird\n                  -Return call\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nThe President resumed dictation.\n\n             [Unintelligible]","filename":["362-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]","White House operator"],"prevCode":"362-025","nextCode":"362-027","transcript":[{"start":0.08,"end":21.69,"text":"Hello."},{"start":21.71,"end":22.53,"text":"Du kommer snart inn, du kommer snart inn."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized time in his Executive Office Building office to dictate memoranda before requesting that the White House operator place a return call to Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird. The interaction largely focused on administrative tasks and executive communication. Following the brief telephone connection, the President resumed his dictation process.","topics":["Melvin R. Laird","Executive communication","Presidential dictation","Department of Defense"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:58:09.168Z"},"topicSlugs":["melvin-r-laird","executive-communication","presidential-dictation","department-of-defense"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"362-026.mp3","bytes":914702,"durationSec":38.05,"bitrate":192298,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.539Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:26.905Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/362-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/362/conversation-362-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}