{"conversationCode":"269-004","tapeNumber":269,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-269-004","startDateTime":"1971-08-03T01:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-03T01:55:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Aug-1971","startTime":"9:55 PM","endDate":"2-Aug-1971","endTime":"9:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-004 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. 269-4\n\nDate: August 2, 1971\nTime: 9:55 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["269-004-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:42:00","tapeEnd":"00:42:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"269-003","nextCode":"269-005","tapeTranscriptFile":"269a.mp3,269b.mp3,269c.mp3,269d.mp3","transcript":[{"start":2513.77,"end":2527.16,"text":"I want all of you to do is let me take a look."},{"start":2527.2,"end":2527.48,"text":"Okay."},{"start":2527.52,"end":2528.02,"text":"Okay, please."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":2524.45,"end":2568,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","originalFilename":["269a.mp3","269b.mp3","269c.mp3","269d.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["269a.mp3"],"cutStart":2522.95,"cutEnd":2569.5,"adjustedStart":2522.95,"adjustedEnd":2569.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:27.671Z"},"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him with John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to initiate a direct conversation between the President and his Assistant for Domestic Affairs. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this administrative bridge.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House communications","administrative logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:30:17.938Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"269-004-splice.mp3","bytes":745266,"durationSec":46.55,"bitrate":128079,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:27.671Z","transcriptPrev":{"segments":3,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:11:52.081Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/269-004-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/269-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/269/conversation-269-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}