{"conversationCode":"275-002","tapeNumber":275,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-275-002","startDateTime":"1971-09-07T16:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-07T16:17:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Sep-1971","startTime":"12:16 PM","endDate":"7-Sep-1971","endTime":"12:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hughes, James D. (\"Don\");","description":"On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and James D. (\"Don\") Hughes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:16 pm to 12:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 275-002 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. 275-002\n\nDate: September 7, 1971\nTime: 12:16 pm - 12:17 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Brig. Gen. James D. (\"Don\") Hughes.\n\n     Camp David\n         -Housekeeping situation\n              -Carpet removal\n                   -Porch","filename":["275-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:05","tapeEnd":"00:01:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Hughes, James D. (\"Don\")"],"prevCode":"275-001","nextCode":"275-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.13,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.15,"end":0.23,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.25,"end":6.04,"text":"I, uh, there was one, uh, little housekeeping problem that was pretty guilty."},{"start":6.05,"end":6.51,"text":"I can't think of it."},{"start":6.54,"end":9.68,"text":"It might be just the next thing."},{"start":9.72,"end":19.22,"text":"It was the, you know, kind of, uh, carpeting thing that was important to the first town people."},{"start":31.75,"end":34.91,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":37.44,"end":37.94,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Brig. Gen. James D. Hughes to briefly discuss minor housekeeping matters regarding facilities at Camp David. The conversation focused on the removal of carpeting from a porch area to address concerns raised by the First Lady. No major policy decisions were made during this brief administrative check-in.","topics":["Camp David","White House operations","Pat Nixon","facilities management","housekeeping"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:47:20.114Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","white-house-operations","pat-nixon","facilities-management","housekeeping"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"275-002.mp3","bytes":1531227,"durationSec":38.15,"bitrate":321056,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:14.745Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/275-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/275-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/275/conversation-275-002","catalogNaId":417184139,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417184139","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}