{"conversationCode":"406-026","tapeNumber":406,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-406-026","startDateTime":"1973-01-30T23:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-30T23:51:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jan-1973","startTime":"6:50 PM","endDate":"30-Jan-1973","endTime":"6:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Brennan, Peter J.;","description":"On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:50 pm to 6:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-026 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. 406-26\n\nDate: January 30, 1973\nTime: 6:50 pm - 6:51 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n[See Conversation No. 36-120]","filename":["406-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Brennan, Peter J."],"prevCode":"406-025","nextCode":"406-027","transcript":[{"start":12.45,"end":27.15,"text":"Okay."},{"start":27.17,"end":27.27,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief introductory meeting with Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan following Brennan's confirmation. The discussion served as a formal greeting between the President and his new cabinet member. No substantive policy decisions or action items were addressed during this minute-long exchange.","topics":["Peter J. Brennan","Cabinet appointments","Department of Labor","Presidential meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:29:35.575Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-j-brennan","cabinet-appointments","department-of-labor","presidential-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"406-026.mp3","bytes":863289,"durationSec":35.84,"bitrate":192698,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/406-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/406-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/406/conversation-406-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}