{"conversationCode":"290-006","tapeNumber":290,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-290-006","startDateTime":"1971-10-17T22:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-18T00:48:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1971","startTime":"6:26 PM","endDate":"17-Oct-1971","endTime":"8:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm. 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Key topics included the Soviet Union's Gromyko-Kosygin camp, potential implications for an upcoming meeting, and Japan's reaction to the signing of a text, specifically their concerns about the \"open dollar.\" Nixon also inquired about the India-Pakistan situation, expressing a desire to ensure clarity on the U.S. position.","topics":["Soviet Union","Gromyko","Kosygin","Japan","Open dollar","India-Pakistan","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:57:36.514Z"},"topicSlugs":["soviet-union","gromyko","kosygin","japan","open-dollar","india-pakistan","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":186,"audioFiles":[{"file":"290-006-splice.mp3","bytes":2976332,"durationSec":185.99,"bitrate":128019,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:01.825Z","originalFilename":["290a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["290a.mp3"],"cutStart":161.5,"cutEnd":347.5,"adjustedStart":161.5,"adjustedEnd":347.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:01.825Z"},"transcript":[{"start":161.5,"end":164.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Any other uh developments?"},{"start":166.5,"end":170.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"The Gromyko, Kosygin camp."},{"start":176.5,"end":179.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"May mean something."},{"start":185.5,"end":189.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"That may mean that your that your meeting will go forward and the first thing."},{"start":197.5,"end":205.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"[unintelligible] crack they gave him, but I hope they reassure him on that."},{"start":208.5,"end":213.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Yeah. Well,"},{"start":217.5,"end":221.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"It hasn't been very heavy yet."},{"start":223.5,"end":226.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"On March? Not much."},{"start":229.5,"end":230.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Yeah."},{"start":231.5,"end":235.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Now that uh oh, what is the day you get back?"},{"start":238.5,"end":248.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Uh-huh. Yeah. What is the situation now with respect to- Oh, that's alright. Okay."},{"start":248.5,"end":263.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Uh, what is the situation now on, uh, I noticed, uh, today with regard to Japan, after the text was signed, they're talking about, uh, the open dollar, and, uh, trying to make make an issue on that, that they might not approve it."},{"start":265.5,"end":269.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"That's what I get. I felt that we really had given them everything he needed there."},{"start":273.5,"end":278.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"I don't think we have to switch from that."},{"start":281.5,"end":284.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Yeah. That doesn't mean a thing, George."},{"start":285.5,"end":294.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Now would we uh, huh, I get wondering how that affects the Connally visit, if any at all."},{"start":296.5,"end":297.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Yeah."},{"start":300.5,"end":301.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"I know."},{"start":303.5,"end":304.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"That's so."},{"start":306.5,"end":309.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"He's not building them in?"},{"start":315.5,"end":319.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Certainly neither of those things matter."},{"start":321.5,"end":325.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Certainly not both they uh they hadn't got."},{"start":325.5,"end":333.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"I guess they're [unintelligible]"},{"start":335.5,"end":340.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Right. India-Pakistan thing seems to be still bubbling though, doesn't it?"},{"start":341.5,"end":343.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"I know."},{"start":344.5,"end":347.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Well, I just think we've got to be sure that the"}],"transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:43:05.436Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/290-006-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/290-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/290/conversation-290-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}