{"conversationCode":"270-007","tapeNumber":270,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-270-007","startDateTime":"1971-08-03T20:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-03T20:12:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1971","startTime":"4:11 PM","endDate":"3-Aug-1971","endTime":"4:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On August 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:11 pm to 4:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 270-007 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. 270-7\n\nDate: August 3, 1971\nTime: 4:11 pm - 4:12 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nJohn D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.\n\n     Budget information\n         -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger\n               -William P. Rogers\n\n     Announcement\n         -Busing\n              -Ohio and Iowa\n                   -Reaction","filename":["270-007-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:19:45","tapeEnd":"00:33:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"270-006","nextCode":"270-008","tapeTranscriptFile":"270a.mp3","transcriptBoundary":{"start":1185,"end":2005,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman held a brief consultation regarding the coordination of budget information between Caspar Weinberger and Secretary of State William P. Rogers. They also briefly reviewed the public and political reaction to school busing initiatives within Ohio and Iowa. The discussion served as a strategic check-in on domestic policy communications and administrative oversight.","topics":["Federal Budget","School Busing","Domestic Policy","Executive Coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:34:05.140Z"},"topicSlugs":["federal-budget","school-busing","domestic-policy","executive-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":823,"audioFiles":[{"file":"270-007-splice.mp3","bytes":13168684,"durationSec":823.01,"bitrate":128004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:28.584Z","originalFilename":["270a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["270a.mp3"],"cutStart":1183.5,"cutEnd":2006.5,"adjustedStart":1183.5,"adjustedEnd":2006.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:28.584Z"},"transcript":[{"start":1191.77,"end":1191.97,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1191.99,"end":1192.15,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1193.57,"end":1195.76,"text":"John, I got the thing I wanted from, uh, from, uh, Kephart."},{"start":1195.82,"end":1202.82,"text":"It was a budget matter, and so I just, uh, uh, thank you."},{"start":1202.88,"end":1207.95,"text":"How did the other, the announcement go out?"},{"start":1207.97,"end":1208.91,"text":"No problem, John."},{"start":1208.93,"end":1209.43,"text":"Good, good."},{"start":1209.71,"end":1209.89,"text":"Okay."},{"start":1215.03,"end":1218.92,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":1219,"end":1220.7,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":1220.76,"end":1222.08,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":1222.28,"end":1230.53,"text":"I don't know."}],"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptPrev":{"segments":12,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:13:51.315Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/270-007-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/270-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/270/conversation-270-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}