{"conversationCode":"433-020","tapeNumber":433,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-433-020","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:29:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"1:28 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"1:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Baroody, William J., Jr.;","description":"On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and William J. Baroody, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:28 pm to 1:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-020 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 433-20\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: 1:28 pm - 1:29 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with William J. Baroody, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 45-88]","filename":["433-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Baroody, William J., Jr."],"prevCode":"433-019","nextCode":"433-021","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":19.22,"text":"yeah yeah you said this morning was not adequate you know you're talking to the majority of the rest i want to get off your ass and start to you know do you understand"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed William J. Baroody, Jr. to improve his outreach efforts, expressing clear dissatisfaction with the adequacy of the morning's activities. The President explicitly instructed Baroody to increase his intensity and engagement when addressing the public. This brief, one-minute exchange served as a firm reprimand regarding the efficacy of Baroody's current operations.","topics":["Public outreach","White House operations","Presidential management","Staff performance","William J. Baroody Jr."],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:50:11.552Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-outreach","white-house-operations","presidential-management","staff-performance","william-j-baroody-jr"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"433-020.mp3","bytes":856064,"durationSec":26.63,"bitrate":257205,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.105Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/433-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/433-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/433/conversation-433-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}