{"conversationCode":"068-005","tapeNumber":68,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-068-005","startDateTime":"1971-08-05T21:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-05T22:20:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Aug-1971","startTime":"5:22 PM","endDate":"5-Aug-1971","endTime":"6:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)];","description":"On August 5, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:22 pm and 6:20 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 068-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CAB","recordingDevice":"Cabinet Room","latitudeEstimated":38.8975,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"Cabinet","chronRelease":"Cabinet Room Release","chronReleaseDate":"16-Oct-1997","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 068-005\n\nDate: August 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:22 pm and 6:20 pm\nLocation: Cabinet Room\n\nUnknown people met\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/29/2019. Segment\ncleared for release.]\n[Non-Historical]\n[068-005-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 1s]\n\n     Description of apparatus\n          -Fan\n          -Smoke detector\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nThe unknown people left at an unknown time before 6:20 pm","filename":["068-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"068-004","nextCode":"068-006","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":18.91,"text":"See, they are, they're a little bogus, that rain."},{"start":18.93,"end":19.59,"text":"That's what you're looking at."},{"start":19.61,"end":20.71,"text":"This part is those."},{"start":21.85,"end":23.27,"text":"The long drop coming down over the side."},{"start":23.29,"end":23.67,"text":"The long drop down."},{"start":23.69,"end":24.09,"text":"This is what we got."},{"start":24.11,"end":24.21,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":24.23,"end":25.19,"text":"The ones you can see in the sides."},{"start":25.21,"end":25.55,"text":"The one up there."},{"start":25.57,"end":27.36,"text":"That's the one above there going down."},{"start":27.61,"end":56.47,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":56.48,"end":56.78,"text":"You're welcome."},{"start":57.46,"end":61.26,"text":"Don't do that."},{"start":61.28,"end":61.46,"text":"Good job."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Unnamed individuals met in the Cabinet Room to review physical architectural plans or visual diagrams related to a structural installation. The participants discussed specific design details, including the positioning of a long drop feature and its placement relative to the sides of the structure. The conversation concluded with an acknowledgment of the work performed, though no substantive policy decisions were documented.","topics":["Architecture","Design planning","Facility maintenance","White House infrastructure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:47:12.283Z"},"topicSlugs":["architecture","design-planning","facility-maintenance","white-house-infrastructure"],"audioDurationSec":61,"audioFiles":[{"file":"068-005.mp3","bytes":2459648,"durationSec":61.41,"bitrate":320410,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.405Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/068-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/068-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/68/conversation-068-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}