{"conversationCode":"269-020","tapeNumber":269,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-269-020","startDateTime":"1971-08-03T14:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-03T14:34:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1971","startTime":"10:32 AM","endDate":"3-Aug-1971","endTime":"10:34 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 10:32 am and 10:34 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-020 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. 269-20\n\nDate: August 3, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:32 am and 10:34 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Benjamin F. Biaggini of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company","filename":["269-020-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:16:00","tapeEnd":"02:17:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"269-019","nextCode":"269-021","tapeTranscriptFile":"269a.mp3,269b.mp3,269c.mp3,269d.mp3","transcript":[{"start":8290.68,"end":8293.93,"text":"Mr. Viacony of the Senate Career Board, please."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":8290.27,"end":8373,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Benjamin F. Biaggini, the head of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the railroad executive. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["Benjamin F. Biaggini","Southern Pacific Transportation Company","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:31:48.362Z"},"topicSlugs":["benjamin-f-biaggini","southern-pacific-transportation-company","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":86,"audioFiles":[{"file":"269-020-splice.mp3","bytes":1372204,"durationSec":85.73,"bitrate":128043,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:28.019Z","originalFilename":["269a.mp3","269b.mp3","269c.mp3","269d.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["269b.mp3"],"cutStart":8288.77,"cutEnd":8374.5,"adjustedStart":8288.77,"adjustedEnd":8374.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:28.019Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":1,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:11:54.060Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/269-020-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/269-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/269/conversation-269-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}