{"conversationCode":"295-004","tapeNumber":295,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-295-004","startDateTime":"1971-11-16T18:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-16T20:00:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:59 PM","endDate":"16-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On November 16, 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 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 295-004 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. 295-004\nDate: November 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\nThe President's possible speech to American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial\nOrganizations [AFL-CIO]\n-Charles W. Colson and George P. Shultz\n-Donald H. Rumsfeld","filename":["295-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:24","tapeEnd":"00:05:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"295-003","nextCode":"295-005","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":22.73,"text":"Okay."},{"start":29.28,"end":29.38,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with unidentified individuals to discuss his potential address to the AFL-CIO. The conversation involved coordination with Charles W. Colson, George P. Shultz, and Donald H. Rumsfeld regarding the strategy and preparation for this labor organization engagement. The primary focus remained on navigating the administration's relationship with organized labor during this period.","topics":["AFL-CIO","Labor relations","Speech preparation","Charles W. Colson","George P. Shultz","Donald H. Rumsfeld"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:50:12.033Z"},"topicSlugs":["afl-cio","labor-relations","speech-preparation","charles-w-colson","george-p-shultz","donald-h-rumsfeld"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"295-004.mp3","bytes":1184721,"durationSec":29.48,"bitrate":321460,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/295-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/295-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/295/conversation-295-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}