{"conversationCode":"692-002","tapeNumber":692,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-692-002","startDateTime":"1972-03-23T21:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-23T22:04:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Mar-1972","startTime":"4:03 PM","endDate":"23-Mar-1972","endTime":"5:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On March 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:03 pm to 5:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 692-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 692-2\n\nDate: March 23, 1972\nTime: 4:03 pm - 4:04 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n      The President's schedule\n           -Forthcoming Pay Board speech\n                 -Ziegler's briefing\n                       -Questions\n                             -George P. Shultz\n\nZiegler left.","filename":["692-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:06:20","tapeEnd":"00:09:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"692-001","nextCode":"692-003","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":9.47,"text":"If they, uh, want any expansion on the world we're saving, I think we can do that."},{"start":9.52,"end":9.68,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":9.78,"end":11.28,"text":"I got this to be clear."},{"start":11.6,"end":12.8,"text":"You call him."},{"start":13.36,"end":22.8,"text":"You call him."},{"start":23.5,"end":23.82,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":23.86,"end":26.4,"text":"I did say it."},{"start":27.08,"end":28.02,"text":"I said it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler met to coordinate the President's upcoming speech regarding the Pay Board. The discussion focused on preparing Ziegler for potential press questions and ensuring the administration's messaging remained consistent. Nixon directed Ziegler to contact George P. Shultz to finalize the briefing strategy and clarify specific policy points.","topics":["Pay Board","Public relations","Economic policy","Ronald L. Ziegler","George P. Shultz"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:44:12.633Z"},"topicSlugs":["pay-board","public-relations","economic-policy","ronald-l-ziegler","george-p-shultz"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"692-002.mp3","bytes":1178432,"durationSec":29.33,"bitrate":321420,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.664Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/692-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/692-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/692/conversation-692-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}