{"conversationCode":"272-002","tapeNumber":272,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-272-002","startDateTime":"1971-08-09T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-09T17:48:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Aug-1971","startTime":"12:55 PM","endDate":"9-Aug-1971","endTime":"1:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On August 9, 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 12:55 pm and 1:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 272-002 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. 272-002\n\nDate: August 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:55 pm and 1:48 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Forthcoming meeting, August 10, 1971\n\n                 -Timing\n                 -International monetary situation\n                       -Unknown person\n                             -Lunch\n                             -Possible attendance","filename":["272-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:30","tapeEnd":"00:10:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"272-001","nextCode":"272-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":26.33,"text":"What does that mean, today or tomorrow?"},{"start":26.35,"end":26.91,"text":"Yeah, tomorrow at 4 o'clock."},{"start":26.93,"end":27.03,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":27.05,"end":27.39,"text":"4.30, 4.30, 4.30."},{"start":32.94,"end":38.6,"text":"Ah, okay."},{"start":38.62,"end":42.31,"text":"Come on, 430."},{"start":42.33,"end":43.85,"text":"Ah, sure."},{"start":44.45,"end":48.4,"text":"What do you mean, on the international exit, please?"},{"start":48.42,"end":48.52,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":48.54,"end":52.04,"text":"Ah, sure, sure."},{"start":52.06,"end":52.5,"text":"Please, uh, the, uh..."},{"start":52.52,"end":54.69,"text":"I didn't ask you, we just think you should."},{"start":54.7,"end":54.81,"text":"Sure."},{"start":54.83,"end":54.93,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":54.95,"end":55.29,"text":"Yeah, all right."},{"start":55.31,"end":55.91,"text":"That's going to be, like, 430."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated the logistics and attendance for a high-level meeting scheduled for August 10, 1971. The discussion centered on finalizing the timing for this session and confirming the participation of key individuals regarding the ongoing international monetary situation. The parties reached an agreement to hold the meeting at 4:30 pm to address these pressing economic matters.","topics":["International monetary situation","Presidential scheduling","Economic policy","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:36:07.260Z"},"topicSlugs":["international-monetary-situation","presidential-scheduling","economic-policy","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":68,"audioFiles":[{"file":"272-002.mp3","bytes":2733244,"durationSec":68.2,"bitrate":320599,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/272-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/272-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/272/conversation-272-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}