{"conversationCode":"508-003","tapeNumber":508,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-508-003","startDateTime":"1971-06-02T12:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-02T13:20:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jun-1971","startTime":"8:55 AM","endDate":"2-Jun-1971","endTime":"9:20 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On June 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:55 am and 9:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 508-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 508-003\n\nDate: June 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:55 am and 9:20 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum to John D. Ehrlichman\n\n     Ehrlichman\n           -Schedule\n           -Preparation of analysis of Black Caucus’ legislative agenda\n                -Cost\n                      -Timing","filename":["508-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:06:44","tapeEnd":"00:08:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"508-002","nextCode":"508-004","transcript":[{"start":1.94,"end":28.55,"text":"I don't want to be, uh, making a problem because I need the information within 24 hours."},{"start":28.57,"end":28.99,"text":"Of course, for a TCA."},{"start":29.01,"end":29.3,"text":"But I will be."},{"start":29.32,"end":29.52,"text":"That's it."},{"start":33.31,"end":52.3,"text":"all the 60 black caucus recommendations would cost if we had approved them."},{"start":52.33,"end":54.37,"text":"There are two or three in there, which, as I recall, would run the neighborhood of $56 million apiece."},{"start":54.39,"end":55.99,"text":"I'm interested in costing out the minors, but I'm interested in overall numbers."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed John D. Ehrlichman to prepare a detailed cost analysis of the legislative agenda proposed by the Congressional Black Caucus. Nixon emphasized the urgency of the request, demanding a comprehensive evaluation of the total projected costs within a 24-hour window. This initiative aimed to quantify the fiscal impact of all sixty recommendations to better inform the administration's political response.","topics":["Congressional Black Caucus","John D. Ehrlichman","Legislative agenda","Fiscal analysis","Budgeting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:35:03.027Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-black-caucus","john-d-ehrlichman","legislative-agenda","fiscal-analysis","budgeting"],"audioDurationSec":75,"audioFiles":[{"file":"508-003.mp3","bytes":2999693,"durationSec":74.85,"bitrate":320609,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:52.789Z","transcriptGapSeconds":46,"transcriptGapShare":0.61,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/508-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/508-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/508/conversation-508-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}