{"conversationCode":"281-015","tapeNumber":281,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-281-015","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:51:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:30 AM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:51 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 10:51 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-015 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. 281-15\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:30 am and 10:51 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated notes for a speech.\n\n     The President's announcement of appointees to the Supreme Court\n          -Walter Lippmann","filename":["281-015-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:23:30","tapeEnd":"01:24:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"281-014","nextCode":"281-016","tapeTranscriptFile":"281a.mp3,281b.mp3,281c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":5030.02,"end":5044.07,"text":"Out of power within our society was turned dangerously against the peace forces."},{"start":5044.23,"end":5047.43,"text":"20 more months ago ."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5042,"end":5096,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized this session to dictate notes intended for a formal speech regarding his upcoming nominations for the Supreme Court. The President specifically focused on incorporating perspectives or commentary from journalist Walter Lippmann into the draft. This process served as a preparatory step in shaping the administration's public messaging strategy for the judicial appointments.","topics":["Supreme Court","Presidential appointments","Speechwriting","Walter Lippmann","Judicial nominations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:10:38.311Z"},"topicSlugs":["supreme-court","presidential-appointments","speechwriting","walter-lippmann","judicial-nominations"],"audioDurationSec":57,"audioFiles":[{"file":"281-015-splice.mp3","bytes":912449,"durationSec":57,"bitrate":128064,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.227Z","originalFilename":["281a.mp3","281b.mp3","281c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["281a.mp3"],"cutStart":5040.5,"cutEnd":5097.5,"adjustedStart":5040.5,"adjustedEnd":5097.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.227Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":4,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:04.954Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281-015-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/281/conversation-281-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}