{"conversationCode":"378-014","tapeNumber":378,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-378-014","startDateTime":"1972-10-31T21:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-31T21:10:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:10 PM","endDate":"31-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 378-014 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. 378-14\n\nDate: October 31, 1972\nTime: 4:10 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n        The President’s schedule\n            -Halloween party\n                -Promotion\n                     -Richard A. Moore, Ronald L. Ziegler\n                -Tricia Nixon Cox\n\n                                                    Conversation No. 378-15/376-1\n\nDate: October 31, 1972\nTime: 4:10 pm - 5:34 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Charles W. Colson.\n\n        Effect of Vietnam on negotiations\n            -Polls\n                 -Stock market\n                      -George H. Gallup\n                      -Louis P. Harris\n                      -Hanoi’s recent statement\n                 -The President's conversation with Henry A. Kissinger\n            -Public relations\n                 -Ronald L. Ziegler’s recent press conference\n\n                    -Tone\n                -Nelson A. Rockefeller’s recent statement\n                    -Tone\n                -Proper kind of peace\n                -Deadline\n                    -Compared to 1968\n                -South Vietnamese self-determination\n                -Public perception\n                    -Possible disappointment, cynicism\n                -The president’s forthcoming statements\n                    -Address to the nation, “Look to the Future”,\n                     November 2, 1972\n                    -Campaign visits\n                -Nature of peace settlement\n                -Timing of agreement\n                    -1972 election\n                -Ronald Ziegler's briefing\n                -Rockefeller's press conference\n                    -Watergate\n                    -Question and answer [Q&A] session\n                         -George S. McGovern\n                              -Democratic National Committee [DNC]\n                              -Statement on renegotiation of settlement\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 4m 16s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n       Post-1972 election strategy for dealing with the press\n           -Treatment of Washington Post\n           -Washington Post attacks on the President\n               -Nature of attacks\n                    -Comparison with the New York Times\n\n                       -Retractions\n                            -Anthony Lewis column\n                                 -John B. Connally\n           -Washington Post activities\n              -Anti-bugging sweep\n                   -Investigating firm\n                   -Reasons\n                       -Katharine L. Graham\n                   -Investigating firm\n              -Benjamin C. Bradlee\n                   -Colson’s view\n                   -Speech on freedom of the press\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 3m 5s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n       Polls\n           -Issues\n                -Albert E. Sindlinger’s view\n                    -Corruption\n                    -Vietnam\n                         -Effect\n                         -Democrats\n                              -McGovern position\n           -Voter’s preference\n                -Sindlinger’s view\n                    -Colson’s recent conversation with Sindlinger\n                    -Landslide\n                    -National referendum\n                    -The President’s schedule\n                    -Consensus of opinion\n                -Corruption, Vietnam\n\n           -Publication\n           -Reason for results\n               -Corruption\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration:    7m 39s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n       Polls\n           -Issues\n                -Corruption\n                    -Richard M. Scammon's analysis\n                    -Strategy\n                         -McGovern\n                              -Food prices\n                              -Big business\n                    -Washington, DC interest\n           -Voter’s preference\n                -Sindlinger’s view\n                    -Connally\n                         -Forthcoming appearance on Today Show\n                    -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew\n                    -Clark MacGregor\n                    -Robert J. Dole\n                    -Voter’s meaning\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 2m 55s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[This recording was cut off at an unknown time after 4:10 pm.]\n\n[An unknown portion of this conversation was not recorded while the tape was being changed]","filename":["378-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"378-013","nextCode":"378-015","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":11.19,"text":"I wondered if you would maybe put the, if somebody liked more, or if they're promoting a Halloween thing tonight."},{"start":11.21,"end":11.93,"text":"You know, with Trisha's on the wall."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an unidentified staff member regarding the public relations strategy for a scheduled Halloween event. The discussion centered on promoting the party, with specific focus on ensuring media coverage for a display featuring Tricia Nixon Cox. The President requested that Richard A. Moore and Ronald L. Ziegler coordinate the promotional efforts to maximize the event's visibility.","topics":["Halloween","Public relations","Tricia Nixon Cox","White House events","Media strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:33:21.889Z"},"topicSlugs":["halloween","public-relations","tricia-nixon-cox","white-house-events","media-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"378-014.mp3","bytes":671450,"durationSec":27.91,"bitrate":192484,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.876Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:29.714Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/378-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/378-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/378/conversation-378-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}