{"conversationCode":"274-038","tapeNumber":274,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-274-038","startDateTime":"1971-09-08T19:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-08T19:04:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:03 PM","endDate":"8-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.;","description":"On September 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:03 pm to 3:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-038 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. 274-38\n\nDate: September 8, 1971\nTime: 3:03 pm - 3:04 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n[See Conversation No. 8-51]\n\n     The President’s address to Congress on economic stabilization, September 9, 1971\n          -The President's schedule\n          -Draft\n                -Deadline\n          -President’s location\n                -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n          -Deadline\n                -Other draft\n                      -John B. Connally\n                           -Telephone conversation with the President","filename":["274-038-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:06:46","tapeEnd":"03:07:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Price, Raymond K., Jr."],"prevCode":"274-037","nextCode":"274-039","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. regarding the final preparations for his upcoming address to Congress on economic stabilization. The discussion focused on the drafting process, urgent deadlines, and the logistical coordination required for the speech. Furthermore, the participants addressed the President's schedule and planned communication with Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally.","topics":["Economic stabilization","Speechwriting","John B. Connally","Economic policy","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:46:13.357Z"},"topicSlugs":["economic-stabilization","speechwriting","john-b-connally","economic-policy","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":59,"audioFiles":[{"file":"274-038-splice.mp3","bytes":943378,"durationSec":58.93,"bitrate":128062,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:30.598Z","originalFilename":["274a.mp3","274b.mp3","274c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["274b.mp3"],"cutStart":11280.58,"cutEnd":11339.5,"adjustedStart":11280.58,"adjustedEnd":11339.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:30.598Z"},"transcript":[{"start":11282.74,"end":11288.78,"text":"Any problems today?"},{"start":11288.84,"end":11293.35,"text":"He isn't making much of a blip with that one."},{"start":11293.45,"end":11299.59,"text":"I don't think it's catching on."},{"start":11299.61,"end":11299.77,"text":"Okay."},{"start":11299.85,"end":11307.98,"text":"Well, I'll accept the one-on-one recording for the first time in six years."},{"start":11315.43,"end":11325.41,"text":"Oh, yeah, you're speaking."},{"start":11325.45,"end":11326.47,"text":"My head's spinning."},{"start":11326.83,"end":11329.01,"text":"We've changed that."},{"start":11329.03,"end":11336.07,"text":"I'll have Ray run by and actually copy this and see if it's all right."},{"start":11336.31,"end":11343.27,"text":"That's been changed already on a bunch of stuff."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":11282.08,"end":11338,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/274-038-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/274-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/274/conversation-274-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}