{"conversationCode":"575-003","tapeNumber":575,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-575-003","startDateTime":"1971-09-17T18:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-17T18:37:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:32 PM","endDate":"17-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Bull, Stephen B.; Shultz, George P.;","description":"On September 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:37 pm. 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Shultz\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:34 pm.\n\n     Pen\n\n     Schedule\n          -Unidentified trip\n               -Time\n               -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n               -Henry A. Kissinger\n               -William P. Rogers\n               -John D. Ehrlichman\n               -John N. Mitchell\n               -Haldeman\n\nSanchez left and Shultz entered at 2:34 pm.\n\n     Congressional leadership meeting\n         -Briefing\n         -Shultz's possible statement\n         -The President's possible statement\n               -Presentation\n         -William Proxmire\n         -Spiro T. Agnew\n               -Governors meeting\n         -Clark MacGregor\n         -The President's possible statement\n               -Shultz\n               -Wage and price freeze\n                     -Effectiveness\n               -Cooperation\n               -Support for program\n\n     Economic policies\n         -Industrial production index\n               -Reflection on the President's policies\n         -Preliminary report\n               -Gross National Product [GNP] goal\n                     -Percentage\n\n           -Housing starts\n               -Rise\n                     -Record high figure\n\n     Congressional meeting\n         -Economic legislation\n         -Deadline\n               -Date\n               -Extension\n                     -Time\n         -Handling\n               -The President’s possible statement\n                     -Unknown person’s statement\n               -Herbert Stein\n\nThe President and Shultz left at 2:37 pm.","filename":["575a.mp3","575b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:19:20","tapeEnd":"01:24:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo","Bull, Stephen B.","Shultz, George P."],"prevCode":"575-002","nextCode":"575-004","tapeTranscriptFile":"575a.mp3,575b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":4790.25,"end":4792.16,"text":"Kutscher!"},{"start":4792.18,"end":4792.65,"text":"Kutscher!"},{"start":4867.71,"end":4868.13,"text":"Dødhjulet bygges i dag."},{"start":4959.54,"end":4959.72,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":4996.04,"end":4996.6,"text":"I have to tell you one thing."},{"start":4996.62,"end":4997.18,"text":"One thing you might consider."},{"start":4997.2,"end":4998.06,"text":"They may bring up legislation in this area."},{"start":4998.08,"end":4998.16,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4998.18,"end":4999.56,"text":"So, well, I think that it would be advantageous if they were to do that."},{"start":4999.59,"end":4999.97,"text":"There is a deadline."},{"start":5022.65,"end":5023.86,"text":"Just let it be extended for another year so we don't wind up."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":4760,"end":5060,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with George P. Shultz to coordinate strategy for an upcoming meeting with Congressional leaders regarding economic policy. They discussed the effectiveness of the current wage and price freeze, analyzed positive economic indicators such as rising housing starts and GNP projections, and debated the handling of upcoming economic legislation. The pair specifically addressed the need to secure a deadline extension for economic programs to ensure ongoing legislative support and administrative success.","topics":["Wage and Price Freeze","Economic Policy","Congressional Relations","Gross National Product","Housing Starts","Legislative Deadlines"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:01:11.598Z"},"topicSlugs":["wage-and-price-freeze","economic-policy","congressional-relations","gross-national-product","housing-starts","legislative-deadlines"],"audioDurationSec":300,"audioFiles":[{"file":"575a.mp3","bytes":176292675,"durationSec":7345.47,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"575b.mp3","bytes":118199901,"durationSec":4924.93,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/575a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/575b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/575-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/575/conversation-575-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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