{"conversationCode":"544-010","tapeNumber":544,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-544-010","startDateTime":"1971-07-23T17:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-23T17:21:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jul-1971","startTime":"1:03 PM","endDate":"23-Jul-1971","endTime":"1:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Baker, Steven;","description":"On July 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Steven Baker met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 1:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 544-010 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. 544-10\n\nDate: July 23, 1971\n\nTime: Unknown between 1:03 pm and 1:21 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man [Stephen B. Bull].\n\n     Copy of article by Milton Friedman","filename":["544-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:25:31","tapeEnd":"03:27:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Baker, Steven"],"prevCode":"544-009","nextCode":"544-011","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.45,"text":"I'm sorry, they had it attached."},{"start":6.47,"end":7.17,"text":"I didn't know they had it attached."},{"start":7.19,"end":7.71,"text":"It was supposed to happen."},{"start":7.73,"end":8.13,"text":"I didn't realize it."},{"start":8.15,"end":8.84,"text":"It's going to be easy to remember."},{"start":8.86,"end":9.42,"text":"I thought, oh, this is fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review a copy of an article authored by economist Milton Friedman. The discussion focused on the materials presented in the article and the President's reaction to its contents. No formal policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Milton Friedman","Economic policy","Presidential aides","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:27:21.106Z"},"topicSlugs":["milton-friedman","economic-policy","presidential-aides","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"544-010.mp3","bytes":500293,"durationSec":12.38,"bitrate":323313,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.010Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/544-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/544-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/544/conversation-544-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}