{"conversationCode":"268-001","tapeNumber":268,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-268-001","startDateTime":"1971-08-02T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-02T18:53:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Aug-1971","startTime":"2:05 PM","endDate":"2-Aug-1971","endTime":"2:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On August 2, 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 2:05 pm and 2:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 268-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 268-001\nDate: August 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:05 pm and 2:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n**********************************************************************\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/19/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[268-001-w001]\n[Duration: 10s]\nRequest\n-Refreshments\n**********************************************************************\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:53 pm.\nPage | 1\nWhite House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["268-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:42","tapeEnd":"00:01:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"267-022","nextCode":"268-002","transcript":[{"start":8.94,"end":10.89,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. The interaction was limited to a brief exchange regarding a request for refreshments. No substantive policy discussions or administrative actions were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["White House logistics","refreshments","daily operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:29:30.933Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-logistics","refreshments","daily-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"268-001.mp3","bytes":438656,"durationSec":10.84,"bitrate":323821,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.007Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/268-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/268-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/268/conversation-268-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}