{"conversationCode":"571-004","tapeNumber":571,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-571-004","startDateTime":"1971-09-11T19:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-11T19:07:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:04 PM","endDate":"11-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Peterson, Peter G.; Williams, Albert L.; Frank, Isiah (Dr.); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Peter G. Peterson, Albert L. Williams, Isiah Frank, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:04 pm to 3:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 571-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 571-4\n\nDate: September 13, 1971\nTime: 3:04 pm - 3:07 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\n     The President met with Peter G. Peterson, Albert L. Williams, and Isiah Frank.\n\n     Introductions\n\n     Photo opportunity\n          -Arrangements\n               -Reporters\n                     -Arrival\n                           -Photographers\n\n     Williams Commission\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:04 pm.\n\n     Press\n             -Photographs\n\nMembers of the press entered at an unknown time after 3:04 pm.\n\n     [Photograph session]\n\nBull and members of the press left at an unknown time before 3:07 pm.\n\n     Meeting [in the Cabinet Room]\n\nThe President, Peterson, Williams, and Frank left at 3:07 pm.","filename":["571-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:41:03","tapeEnd":"01:43:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Peterson, Peter G.","Williams, Albert L.","Frank, Isiah (Dr.)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"571-003","nextCode":"571-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":20.63,"text":"Mr. President, this is Alvin."},{"start":20.65,"end":21.99,"text":"We thought we'd spend two minutes here and get a picture of things."},{"start":22.01,"end":22.19,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":22.21,"end":22.31,"text":"Fine."},{"start":22.33,"end":22.83,"text":"It's over there."},{"start":22.85,"end":24.29,"text":"Let's see if they want to take a look at it."},{"start":24.31,"end":24.8,"text":"It's a reported problem."},{"start":24.82,"end":26.38,"text":"We've got to stand here and sort of take a look at it."},{"start":26.86,"end":39.85,"text":"Well, we hope that it was a lot of work."},{"start":39.87,"end":44.72,"text":"Yes, we did."},{"start":44.7,"end":67.89,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":82.77,"end":110.36,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":110.39,"end":110.65,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":110.67,"end":110.77,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":110.79,"end":110.89,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":115.81,"end":140.62,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":140.64,"end":140.84,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":140.86,"end":141.06,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":141.08,"end":141.28,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":143.91,"end":157.39,"text":"Ladies and gentlemen the president."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Peter G. Peterson, Albert L. Williams, and Isiah Frank to facilitate a brief photo opportunity with the press regarding the Williams Commission. The session served to highlight the commission's recent work through staged photography in the Oval Office. Following the brief media appearance, the group departed to continue their official discussions in the Cabinet Room.","topics":["Williams Commission","Photo opportunity","White House press relations","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:57:03.218Z"},"topicSlugs":["williams-commission","photo-opportunity","white-house-press-relations","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":158,"audioFiles":[{"file":"571-004.mp3","bytes":6312016,"durationSec":157.65,"bitrate":320303,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","transcriptGapSeconds":96,"transcriptGapShare":0.61,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/571-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/571-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/571/conversation-571-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}