{"conversationCode":"258-034","tapeNumber":258,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-258-034","startDateTime":"1971-06-18T01:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-18T01:39:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Jun-1971","startTime":"9:35 PM","endDate":"17-Jun-1971","endTime":"9:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:35 pm and 9:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-034 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. 258-34\n\nDate: June 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:35 pm and 9:39 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person\n\n     “Senior Citizens” message\n          -Length\n          -Previous White House meeting\n                -Property tax\n                -Revenue sharing\n          -Relation to drugs","filename":["258-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:52:31","tapeEnd":"00:53:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"258-033","nextCode":"258-035","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":4.65,"text":"I'm trying to get this senior citizen thing cut down."},{"start":4.67,"end":7.89,"text":"I want one great paragraph, which I'm kind of worried about."},{"start":9.13,"end":16.09,"text":"Meeting at the White House, I mentioned this, for example, in Rochester."},{"start":16.14,"end":24.3,"text":"In recent meetings at the White House, I found that 70% or so of older people own property, and rising property taxes are a problem."},{"start":24.78,"end":26.48,"text":"That's why I recommend sharing this one."},{"start":26.5,"end":29.18,"text":"And there's just exactly one great paragraph."},{"start":30.2,"end":33.22,"text":"The other thing is to put something in on three."},{"start":33.24,"end":35.46,"text":"I don't know what they do with drugs."},{"start":35.48,"end":40.5,"text":"Do you think there's a word mentioning drugs out there?"},{"start":40.52,"end":44.34,"text":"It's about their volunteer activities."},{"start":44.5,"end":45.73,"text":"And he's got three or four others."},{"start":46.23,"end":53.91,"text":"It's now already about, you know, we're talking about, you know, trying to cut it out."},{"start":53.95,"end":57.33,"text":"It could be something that you're talking about."},{"start":58.25,"end":59.17,"text":"It is worth $200 or $400,000."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an aide regarding the drafting of a message concerning senior citizens, emphasizing the need for brevity and a condensed, impactful format. The discussion focused on addressing the impact of rising property taxes on older homeowners and the potential integration of revenue sharing as a policy solution. Additionally, Nixon considered including a section on the role of seniors in volunteer activities and the possibility of referencing the administration’s anti-drug efforts within the document.","topics":["Senior Citizens","Property Taxes","Revenue Sharing","Drug Policy","Public Policy Drafting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:11:22.252Z"},"topicSlugs":["senior-citizens","property-taxes","revenue-sharing","drug-policy","public-policy-drafting"],"audioDurationSec":64,"audioFiles":[{"file":"258-034.mp3","bytes":2561897,"durationSec":63.91,"bitrate":320686,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/258-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/258/conversation-258-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}