{"conversationCode":"281-013","tapeNumber":281,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-281-013","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:07:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:06 AM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:07 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.;","description":"On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:06 am to 10:07 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-013 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. 281-13\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 10:06 am - 10:07 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n     Difficulty in finding quotation\n           -Walter Lippmann\n           -Newsweek\n           -Telephone call to Lippmann\n\nBuchanan left at 10:07 am.","filename":["281-013-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:00:46","tapeEnd":"01:01:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buchanan, Patrick J."],"prevCode":"281-012","nextCode":"281-014","tapeTranscriptFile":"281a.mp3,281b.mp3,281c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":3662.35,"end":3662.99,"text":"Okay, thank you."},{"start":3663.25,"end":3666.93,"text":"We're having a little trouble with the network."},{"start":3667.55,"end":3668.79,"text":"Can't find it."},{"start":3669.01,"end":3674,"text":"Well, it says it was in the newsroom."},{"start":3674.06,"end":3675.12,"text":"You dug it out for us."},{"start":3675.32,"end":3675.78,"text":"I used it."},{"start":3675.8,"end":3676.56,"text":"You're out there."},{"start":3676.58,"end":3677.26,"text":"Can't find it."},{"start":3677.28,"end":3682.86,"text":"We used it in the police force against the criminal force."},{"start":3682.88,"end":3683.93,"text":"Yeah, there's a book."},{"start":3684.05,"end":3689.59,"text":"I don't want to sound bitchy, so you didn't say it."},{"start":3689.61,"end":3689.97,"text":"Okay."},{"start":3691.09,"end":3697.96,"text":"Well, he must have written it or something."},{"start":3697.98,"end":3700.47,"text":"Get him on the phone."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":3662,"end":3721.88,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan conferred briefly regarding the search for a specific quotation attributed to journalist Walter Lippmann. The discussion touched upon material appearing in Newsweek and the potential for a direct telephone inquiry to Lippmann to clarify the statement. The meeting concluded with an agreement to proceed with efforts to verify the citation.","topics":["Walter Lippmann","Newsweek","Media relations","Journalism","Research verification"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:10:26.602Z"},"topicSlugs":["walter-lippmann","newsweek","media-relations","journalism","research-verification"],"audioDurationSec":63,"audioFiles":[{"file":"281-013-splice.mp3","bytes":1006490,"durationSec":62.88,"bitrate":128058,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.204Z","originalFilename":["281a.mp3","281b.mp3","281c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["281a.mp3"],"cutStart":3660.5,"cutEnd":3723.38,"adjustedStart":3660.5,"adjustedEnd":3723.38,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.204Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":11,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:04.815Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281-013-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/281/conversation-281-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}