{"conversationCode":"433-031","tapeNumber":433,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-433-031","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T21:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T21:40:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"5:38 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"5:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Keyes, Paul W.;","description":"On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:38 pm to 5:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-031 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. 433-31\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: 5:38 pm - 5:40 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Paul W. Keyes.\n\n[See Conversation No. 45-96]\n\f                                             -16-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["433-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Keyes, Paul W."],"prevCode":"433-030","nextCode":"433-032","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":6.01,"text":"So, where do you, how do you get along with the carpenters?"},{"start":10.21,"end":19.72,"text":"Yeah, what?"},{"start":19.74,"end":20.14,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":20.54,"end":23.59,"text":"Right, right."},{"start":23.61,"end":24.83,"text":"Right, good."},{"start":26.03,"end":27.81,"text":"Great, great, great, great, good."},{"start":28.03,"end":31.09,"text":"Oh, I feel fine, just fine, just fine, just fine."},{"start":31.13,"end":32.93,"text":"How was the reaction to the speech today?"},{"start":34.4,"end":35.78,"text":"You checked with people around there."},{"start":35.8,"end":39.46,"text":"How about the coast?"},{"start":39.52,"end":49.35,"text":"Yeah, what'd they say?"},{"start":49.41,"end":50.88,"text":"Sometimes you gotta put in a little more."},{"start":51.53,"end":52.92,"text":"I don't do that very often."},{"start":52.94,"end":53.8,"text":"I ought to do a little more."},{"start":58.1,"end":63.28,"text":"Well, I think you're on the right track now."},{"start":63.3,"end":64.84,"text":"Think on the way back."},{"start":68.16,"end":68.28,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Paul W. Keyes to gauge public reaction to his televised address regarding the Watergate scandal earlier that day. The discussion focused on how the speech was received in various regions, specifically California, as Nixon sought informal feedback on his performance. Keyes encouraged the President, suggesting that he was on the right track while noting that additional public communication might be necessary.","topics":["Watergate","Public relations","Presidential speeches","Media reaction","Public opinion"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:51:12.831Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","public-relations","presidential-speeches","media-reaction","public-opinion"],"audioDurationSec":77,"audioFiles":[{"file":"433-031.mp3","bytes":2473984,"durationSec":77.2,"bitrate":256371,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.424Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:39.659Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/433-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/433-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/433/conversation-433-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}