{"conversationCode":"273-014","tapeNumber":273,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-273-014","startDateTime":"1971-08-12T21:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-12T21:07:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Aug-1971","startTime":"5:05 PM","endDate":"12-Aug-1971","endTime":"5:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On August 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 273-014 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. 273-14\n\nDate: August 12, 1971\nTime: 5:05 pm - 5:07 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n     Ziegler's press briefing\n          -Busing case\n                 -President’s recent conversation with John D. Ehrlichman\n                       -Court order\n                 -Herbert E. Kaplow\n                 -Donald Oberdorfer, Jr.\n                 -John N. Mitchell","filename":["273a.mp3","273b.mp3","273c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:53:19","tapeEnd":"01:55:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"273-013","nextCode":"273-015","tapeTranscriptFile":"273a.mp3,273b.mp3,273c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":6820.68,"end":6824.86,"text":"Rydw i wedi siarad â nhw, ac mae'n dweud nad ydym ni'n gwybod os yw hynny'n cael ei wneud mewn cyfraith neu os yw hynny'n rhywbeth arall."},{"start":6824.88,"end":6828.08,"text":"Ac mewn gwirionedd, rydyn ni ddim yn gweithio ar unrhyw un o'r rhai sy'n gwneud hynny."},{"start":6828.1,"end":6833.84,"text":"Mae hynny'n bwysig."},{"start":6835.99,"end":6839.15,"text":"Diolch i chi am yr hyn rydych chi'n ei ddweud."},{"start":6839.17,"end":6839.63,"text":"Mae hynny'n bwysig iawn."},{"start":6839.65,"end":6840.23,"text":"Pwy fydd yn gwneud y cwestiwn?"},{"start":6840.25,"end":6840.87,"text":"Pwy fydd yn gwneud y cwestiwn?"},{"start":6840.91,"end":6842.09,"text":"Diolch i chi am yr hyn rydych chi'n ei ddweud."},{"start":6844.51,"end":6847.95,"text":"Mae hynny'n bwysig iawn."},{"start":6847.97,"end":6848.53,"text":"Diolch i chi am yr hyn rydy"},{"start":6858.61,"end":6864.31,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."},{"start":6864.41,"end":6865.83,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."},{"start":6884.09,"end":6885.75,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i mi fynd ymlaen."},{"start":6885.77,"end":6889.35,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i mi fynd ymlaen."},{"start":6889.41,"end":6896.99,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i mi fynd ymlaen."},{"start":6898.43,"end":6901.72,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i mi fynd ymlaen."},{"start":6901.9,"end":6905.24,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i mi fynd ymlaen."},{"start":6905.66,"end":6913.38,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i mi fynd ymlaen."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":6805.375,"end":6922.5,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler consulted regarding an upcoming press briefing, specifically addressing the administration's messaging on court-ordered busing. The discussion centered on coordinating the President's recent guidance from John D. Ehrlichman with the handling of inquiries from journalists Herbert Kaplow and Donald Oberdorfer. Nixon emphasized the necessity of clarifying the administration's legal stance on the issue to ensure a consistent public narrative.","topics":["Busing","Press Relations","Desegregation","John D. Ehrlichman","White House Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:38:52.511Z"},"topicSlugs":["busing","press-relations","desegregation","john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":118,"audioFiles":[{"file":"273a.mp3","bytes":117365445,"durationSec":7335.25,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"273b.mp3","bytes":117454470,"durationSec":7340.82,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"273c.mp3","bytes":71222751,"durationSec":4451.36,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/273a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/273b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/273c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/273-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/273/conversation-273-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}