{"conversationCode":"269-017","tapeNumber":269,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-269-017","startDateTime":"1971-08-03T14:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-03T14:19:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1971","startTime":"10:02 AM","endDate":"3-Aug-1971","endTime":"10:19 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:19 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-017 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. 269-17\n\nDate: August 3, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:02 am and 10:19 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["269-017-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:00:41","tapeEnd":"02:02:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"269-016","nextCode":"269-018","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to his Special Counsel, Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction facilitated direct communication between the President and a key advisor regarding ongoing executive business. No further substantive dialogue was recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Presidential staff","administrative operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:31:31.319Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","presidential-staff","administrative-operations"],"audioDurationSec":205,"audioFiles":[{"file":"269-017-splice.mp3","bytes":3273919,"durationSec":204.59,"bitrate":128018,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:27.258Z","originalFilename":["269a.mp3","269b.mp3","269c.mp3","269d.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["269a.mp3","269b.mp3"],"cutStart":7248.89,"cutEnd":7453.5,"adjustedStart":7248.89,"adjustedEnd":7453.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:27.258Z"},"transcript":[{"start":7251.94,"end":7255,"text":"Call some police."},{"start":7372.21,"end":7374.89,"text":"Call some police."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7250.39,"end":7452,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","transcriptPrev":{"segments":2,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:13:48.456Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/269-017-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/269-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/269/conversation-269-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}