{"conversationCode":"273-011","tapeNumber":273,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-273-011","startDateTime":"1971-08-12T20:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-12T21:05:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Aug-1971","startTime":"4:51 PM","endDate":"12-Aug-1971","endTime":"5:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On August 12, 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 4:51 pm and 5:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 273-011 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. 273-11\n\nDate: August 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:51 pm and 5:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     Arthur A. Shenfield’s speech   The Roots of American Discontent\n          -Copies\n                -Cost\n                -Number\n                -John T. McCarty\n                -Cost","filename":["273-011-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:51:31","tapeEnd":"01:53:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"273-010","nextCode":"273-012","tapeTranscriptFile":"273a.mp3,273b.mp3,273c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":6702.7,"end":6712.48,"text":"I think this will be so much leisure to read by this section of the court, it would be very complimentary."},{"start":6712.52,"end":6720.63,"text":"Yeah, that I, yeah, it's a very good thing, and I think it's just a good order."},{"start":6722.11,"end":6722.71,"text":"$0.75 each, $0.75."},{"start":6722.73,"end":6726.39,"text":"I'll tear out the sheet until I can send it over to you."},{"start":6727.67,"end":6729.51,"text":"And then you just have to remember a hundred copies."},{"start":6730.93,"end":6733.27,"text":"You can call him and inform him."},{"start":6733.29,"end":6734.65,"text":"Well, I'll tell you what you do."},{"start":6734.67,"end":6737.79,"text":"Why don't the man, John McCarty, is the guy, you know, I remember, he's the guy who works for us."},{"start":6737.89,"end":6749.44,"text":"He says to some of them that you could roughly call John Hart and say, that's the very reason I'd like a hundred copies of your son's cheque for $7,000."},{"start":6749.46,"end":6749.7,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":6749.72,"end":6750.86,"text":"As a matter of fact, make the cheque for $100."},{"start":6752.34,"end":6752.76,"text":"Oh, no, $7,000."},{"start":6752.78,"end":6753.02,"text":"All right."},{"start":6753.1,"end":6753.44,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":6758.61,"end":6768.84,"text":"OK. Good deal."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":6695,"end":6783,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","originalFilename":["273a.mp3","273b.mp3","273c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["273a.mp3"],"cutStart":6693.5,"cutEnd":6784.5,"adjustedStart":6693.5,"adjustedEnd":6784.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:29.099Z"},"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and an unidentified interlocutor discuss the logistics and procurement of Arthur A. Shenfield’s speech titled, \"The Roots of American Discontent.\" The participants deliberate on the production costs and quantity of printed copies needed, specifically noting a target of 100 copies. Nixon directs the individual to coordinate with John T. McCarty and John Howard to finalize the $7,000 expenditure for the project.","topics":["Arthur A. Shenfield","The Roots of American Discontent","Public relations","Printing costs","John T. McCarty"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:38:35.715Z"},"topicSlugs":["arthur-a-shenfield","the-roots-of-american-discontent","public-relations","printing-costs","john-t-mccarty"],"audioDurationSec":91,"audioFiles":[{"file":"273-011-splice.mp3","bytes":1456632,"durationSec":91.01,"bitrate":128040,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:29.099Z","transcriptPrev":{"segments":14,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:12:00.100Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/273-011-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/273-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/273/conversation-273-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}