{"conversationCode":"270-006","tapeNumber":270,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-270-006","startDateTime":"1971-08-03T20:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-03T20:10:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1971","startTime":"4:09 PM","endDate":"3-Aug-1971","endTime":"4:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Weinberger, Caspar W. (\"Cap\");","description":"On August 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Caspar W. (\"Cap\") Weinberger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:09 pm to 4:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 270-006 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. 270-6\n\nDate: August 3, 1971\nTime: 4:09 pm - 4:10 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger.\n\n     Budget for 1972\n         -Congress\n         -Forthcoming press conference\n                -Possible question\n\n     William P. Rogers","filename":["270-006-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:18:37","tapeEnd":"00:19:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Weinberger, Caspar W. (\"Cap\")"],"prevCode":"270-005","nextCode":"270-007","tapeTranscriptFile":"270a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":1124.15,"end":1127.28,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1127.36,"end":1128.34,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1128.36,"end":1133.48,"text":"Could you tell me what is the amount that the Congress already has gone over our 72 budget?"},{"start":1144.97,"end":1147.87,"text":"You check if I want to, and I may be asking if I need to meet tomorrow."},{"start":1148.63,"end":1155.3,"text":"And just give me an accurate picture of how much they received it from."},{"start":1155.36,"end":1159.18,"text":"And you took an incident, so I'm going to ask you to come and tell her once he wasn't here."},{"start":1160.54,"end":1161.2,"text":"Call his secretary."},{"start":1161.24,"end":1162.5,"text":"Tell her not to call me back."},{"start":1163.26,"end":1165.08,"text":"He wouldn't have anything to say."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1117,"end":1185,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","originalFilename":["270a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["270a.mp3"],"cutStart":1115.5,"cutEnd":1186.5,"adjustedStart":1115.5,"adjustedEnd":1186.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:28.375Z"},"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Caspar Weinberger regarding the status of the 1972 federal budget in preparation for an upcoming press conference. Nixon requested a precise calculation of how much Congressional spending had exceeded the administration's proposed budget to anticipate potential media inquiries. The President also briefly directed Weinberger to manage communications with the Secretary of Health to avoid premature or unauthorized public disclosures.","topics":["1972 federal budget","Congressional spending","Press conference preparation","Caspar Weinberger","Executive branch coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:34:00.049Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-federal-budget","congressional-spending","press-conference-preparation","caspar-weinberger","executive-branch-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":71,"audioFiles":[{"file":"270-006-splice.mp3","bytes":1136475,"durationSec":71,"bitrate":128052,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:28.375Z","transcriptPrev":{"segments":7,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:11:56.522Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/270-006-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/270-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/270/conversation-270-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}