{"conversationCode":"283-040","tapeNumber":283,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-283-040","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:12:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:09 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Safire, William L.;","description":"On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:09 pm to 2:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-040 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. 283-040\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nTime: 2:09 pm - 2:12 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with William L. Safire.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-84]","filename":["283-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:41:08","tapeEnd":"04:08:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Safire, William L."],"prevCode":"283-039","nextCode":"283-041","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":12.37,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12.39,"end":17.55,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":17.57,"end":24.22,"text":"One missing item, right, first of all."},{"start":24.24,"end":26.2,"text":"See, we discussed in the beginning the free fund program, you know, the straight price, free jobs."},{"start":26.23,"end":28.69,"text":"I think we should say on the job fund, first of all, on the job fund, and I think the tomorrow public would say,"},{"start":29.97,"end":57.75,"text":"All right, hold on a second."},{"start":58.55,"end":83.19,"text":"We don't know whether it had reached out on the air at all, or if it was driven in by one of the heavy singles."},{"start":83.21,"end":84.11,"text":"It was driven in by one of the heavy singles."},{"start":84.13,"end":85.03,"text":"It was driven in by one of the heavy singles."},{"start":85.05,"end":85.95,"text":"It was driven in by one of the heavy singles."},{"start":85.97,"end":86.87,"text":"It was driven in by one of the heavy singles."},{"start":88.22,"end":94.25,"text":"I'll come to find out how to return it."},{"start":94.27,"end":94.49,"text":"You got it."},{"start":94.51,"end":94.83,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":94.85,"end":95.42,"text":"One more on the count there."},{"start":95.44,"end":95.7,"text":"That's right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and speechwriter William Safire consult on the framing of an administration economic initiative, specifically focusing on the messaging for a public jobs program. The brief discussion centers on clarifying the program's narrative for media dissemination and ensuring consistent communication regarding its implementation. The pair concludes by briefly addressing the logistics of recovering a misplaced item.","topics":["Economic policy","Public relations","Messaging strategy","Employment programs","Administration logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:23:21.103Z"},"topicSlugs":["economic-policy","public-relations","messaging-strategy","employment-programs","administration-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":96,"audioFiles":[{"file":"283-040.mp3","bytes":3831448,"durationSec":95.65,"bitrate":320452,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:15.882Z","transcriptGapSeconds":52,"transcriptGapShare":0.55,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/283-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/283/conversation-283-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}