{"conversationCode":"399-001","tapeNumber":399,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-399-001","startDateTime":"1973-01-22T12:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-22T13:15:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jan-1973","startTime":"7:56 AM","endDate":"22-Jan-1973","endTime":"8:15 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:56 am and 8:15 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 399-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 399-1\n\nDate: January 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:56 am and 8:15 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a letter to William F. (“Billy”) Graham.\n\n       Church service\n            -Choir\n            -Lord's Prayer","filename":["399-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"398-017","nextCode":"399-002","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":17.72,"text":"A decision was made."},{"start":17.74,"end":18.64,"text":"It should say what might have been otherwise."},{"start":18.66,"end":18.94,"text":"Some are true."},{"start":18.96,"end":19.38,"text":"There is a situation."},{"start":19.4,"end":19.82,"text":"There is a situation."},{"start":19.84,"end":20.26,"text":"There is a situation."},{"start":20.28,"end":20.7,"text":"There is a situation."},{"start":20.72,"end":21.14,"text":"There is a situation."},{"start":31.74,"end":49.43,"text":"I appreciate the accuracy of that."},{"start":49.45,"end":50.75,"text":"But with your comments, I just wanted to have a little more time."},{"start":50.77,"end":52.35,"text":"Last week, I just talked to Eric, and I gave him a chance to report from there."},{"start":52.37,"end":53.38,"text":"And then put this to work, and then put this here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met to dictate a personal letter to Reverend Billy Graham, reflecting on a recent church service and the performance of the choir. Beyond these ceremonial observations, the President briefly alluded to a developing, unspecified situation that required additional time and careful consideration. He noted his ongoing efforts to manage communication regarding this matter, including recent reports from an associate named Eric.","topics":["Billy Graham","Correspondence","Church service","Communication strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:12:06.234Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","correspondence","church-service","communication-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":58,"audioFiles":[{"file":"399-001.mp3","bytes":1401206,"durationSec":58.24,"bitrate":192473,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","transcriptGapSeconds":35,"transcriptGapShare":0.61,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/399-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/399-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/399/conversation-399-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}