{"conversationCode":"256-029","tapeNumber":256,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-256-029","startDateTime":"1971-06-12T18:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-12T18:09:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1971","startTime":"2:07 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ryerson, Edward L.;","description":"On June 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Edward L. Ryerson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:07 pm to 2:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-029 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 256-29\n\nDate: June 12, 1971\nTime: 2:07 pm - 2:09 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Edward L. Ryerson\n\n[See Conversation No. 5-23]","filename":["256a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:42:55","tapeEnd":"00:44:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ryerson, Edward L."],"prevCode":"256-028","nextCode":"256-030","tapeTranscriptFile":"256a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":2575,"end":2586.49,"text":"Mae'r sylfaen yn dda iawn, ond rwy'n meddwl y byddai'n dda iawn, ond rwy'n meddwl y byddai'n dda iawn, ond rwy'n meddwl y byddai'n dda iawn, ond rwy'n meddwl y byddai'n dda iawn, ond rwy'n meddwl y byddai'n dda iawn, ond rwy'n meddwl y byddai'n dda iawn, ond rwy'n med"},{"start":2595.28,"end":2596.58,"text":"Mae'r syniad yma'n dda."},{"start":2596.6,"end":2601.5,"text":"Dwi ddim yn credu y byddai'n dda."},{"start":2601.52,"end":2606.16,"text":"Dwi'n hoffi'r syniad a byddaf yn cael ei ysbrydoli."},{"start":2606.2,"end":2607.36,"text":"Dwi'n siŵr y byddai'n dda."},{"start":2607.4,"end":2612.55,"text":"Dwi'n meddwl y byddaf yn cael ei ysbrydoli."},{"start":2612.61,"end":2615.99,"text":"Mae'r syniad yma'n dda."},{"start":2616.03,"end":2618.73,"text":"Dwi'n meddwl y byddai'n dda."},{"start":2618.75,"end":2620.49,"text":"Dwi'n meddwl y byddai'n dda."},{"start":2621.56,"end":2625.78,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda, oherwydd os oes gennych chi amser... O, rydych chi eisoes wedi'i ddweud."},{"start":2625.8,"end":2627.72,"text":"Ie, roeddech chi'n ceisio ei wneud, ond roeddech chi'n hoffi bod yn ddysg."},{"start":2627.78,"end":2628.38,"text":"Ie, mae hynny'n dda."},{"start":2628.4,"end":2629.08,"text":"Ond rwy'n gallu'i ddweud."},{"start":2629.1,"end":2629.82,"text":"Ie, mae hynny'n dda."},{"start":2629.84,"end":2631.06,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda."},{"start":2631.1,"end":2631.8,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda."},{"start":2631.82,"end":2632.54,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda."},{"start":2632.56,"end":2633.14,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda."},{"start":2633.16,"end":2633.76,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda."},{"start":2633.78,"end":2635.86,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda."},{"start":2635.93,"end":2637.28,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda."},{"start":2637.32,"end":2640.67,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda."},{"start":2640.69,"end":2643.39,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda."},{"start":2643.45,"end":2644.31,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda."},{"start":2644.33,"end":2645.23,"text":"Roedd hynny'n dda"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":2575,"end":2685,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon met with businessman Edward L. Ryerson for a brief discussion regarding a prospective idea or proposal. Although the transcript provided consists of repetitive, non-substantive Welsh filler text rather than a record of actual policy deliberation, the meeting serves as a formal interaction between the President and a private sector figure. No specific administrative decisions or policy outcomes are discernable from the available text.","topics":["Presidential Meetings","Edward L. Ryerson","White House Operations","Executive Office Building"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:07:10.346Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-meetings","edward-l-ryerson","white-house-operations","executive-office-building"],"audioDurationSec":110,"audioFiles":[{"file":"256a.mp3","bytes":117288960,"durationSec":7330.56,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/256a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/256-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/256/conversation-256-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}