{"conversationCode":"268-002","tapeNumber":268,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-268-002","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 268-002 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. 268-002\n\nDate: August 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:05 pm and 2:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/19/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[268-002-w001]\n[Duration: 6s]\n\n     Request\n         -Iced tea [?]\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:53 pm.","filename":["268-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:43","tapeEnd":"00:34:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"268-001","nextCode":"268-003","transcript":[{"start":1.79,"end":5.5,"text":"But I mean, that's a great thing."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held an brief, informal meeting with an unidentified individual in the Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily consisted of casual pleasantries and a request for iced tea. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["Presidential logistics","Informal meeting","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:29:36.361Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-logistics","informal-meeting","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"268-002.mp3","bytes":224452,"durationSec":5.47,"bitrate":327988,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.007Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/268-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/268-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/268/conversation-268-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}