{"conversationCode":"305-001","tapeNumber":305,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-305-001","startDateTime":"1971-11-24T18:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-24T19:35:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:13 PM","endDate":"24-Nov-1971","endTime":"2:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.; Burns, Arthur F.;","description":"On November 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and Arthur F. Burns met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:13 pm to 2:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 305-001 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. 305-1\n\nDate: November 24, 1971\nTime: 1:13 pm - 2:35 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with John B. Connally and Arthur F. Burns.\n[The recording began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress]\n\nAn unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:13 pm.\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's attendance at meeting\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:22 pm.\n\nAn unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:13 pm.\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:22 pm.\n\nGeorge P. Shultz entered at an unknown time after 1:13 pm.\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\nKissinger entered at 1:22 pm.\n\n     Burns's schedule\n\nConnally, et al., left at 2:35 pm.","filename":["305a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:38","tapeEnd":"00:32:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Connally, John B.","Burns, Arthur F."],"prevCode":"304-017","nextCode":"306-001","transcript":[{"start":61.62,"end":90.75,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":1912.59,"end":1936.66,"text":"I wish you well."},{"start":1936.68,"end":1937.02,"text":"I wish you peace."},{"start":1937.04,"end":1937.38,"text":"I wish you peace."},{"start":1937.4,"end":1937.74,"text":"I wish you peace."},{"start":1937.76,"end":1938.1,"text":"I wish you peace."},{"start":1938.12,"end":1938.46,"text":"I wish you peace."},{"start":1938.48,"end":1938.82,"text":"I wish you peace."},{"start":1940.54,"end":1946.55,"text":"Thank you for watching!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Treasury Secretary John B. Connally and Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns to discuss economic policy and the administrative schedules of key advisors. Henry Kissinger and George P. Shultz also joined the consultation to address matters of national policy. The discussion focused on coordinating economic objectives and personnel management during a period of transition.","topics":["Economic Policy","Federal Reserve","Personnel Management","International Relations","Nixon Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:15:41.726Z"},"topicSlugs":["economic-policy","federal-reserve","personnel-management","international-relations","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":1902,"audioFiles":[{"file":"305a.mp3","bytes":36193174,"durationSec":2261.99,"bitrate":128004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/305a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/305-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/305/conversation-305-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}