{"conversationCode":"269-011","tapeNumber":269,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-269-011","startDateTime":"1971-08-03T13:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-03T13:53:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1971","startTime":"9:48 AM","endDate":"3-Aug-1971","endTime":"9:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; White House operator;","description":"On August 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 9:53 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-011 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. 269-11\n\nDate: August 3, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:48 am and 9:53 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:53 am.\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:48 am and\n9:53 am.\n\n     Call to J. Curtis Counts\n           -Federal mediation and conciliation service\n\n     Call to Willie J. Usery, Jr.\n           -Labor Department","filename":["269-011-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:35:39","tapeEnd":"01:38:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]","White House operator"],"prevCode":"269-010","nextCode":"269-012","tapeTranscriptFile":"269a.mp3,269b.mp3,269c.mp3,269d.mp3","transcript":[{"start":5750.6,"end":5762.82,"text":"I'd like to speak to Mr. Curtis Pounce, the agent in service on me, and also to Mr. Bill Bussery of the Labor Department, Mr. Myers, and Mr. Bussery."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5750.24,"end":5908,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place urgent telephone calls to J. Curtis Counts of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and W.J. Usery, Jr. of the Department of Labor. The brief interaction focused on coordinating communications with these key labor relations officials. The President's request suggests an immediate, albeit unidentified, administrative or labor-related priority requiring federal mediation expertise.","topics":["Labor Relations","J. Curtis Counts","W.J. Usery Jr.","Federal Mediation","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:30:56.541Z"},"topicSlugs":["labor-relations","j-curtis-counts","w-j-usery-jr","federal-mediation","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":161,"audioFiles":[{"file":"269-011-splice.mp3","bytes":2573001,"durationSec":160.78,"bitrate":128022,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:27.129Z","originalFilename":["269a.mp3","269b.mp3","269c.mp3","269d.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["269a.mp3"],"cutStart":5748.74,"cutEnd":5909.5,"adjustedStart":5748.74,"adjustedEnd":5909.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:27.129Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":1,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:11:52.685Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/269-011-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/269-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/269/conversation-269-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}