{"conversationCode":"274-003","tapeNumber":274,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-274-003","startDateTime":"1971-08-16T17:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-16T18:40:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1971","startTime":"1:40 PM","endDate":"16-Aug-1971","endTime":"2:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 16, 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 1:40 pm and 2:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-003 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. 274-3\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:40 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to an unknown person","filename":["274a.mp3","274b.mp3","274c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:06","tapeEnd":"00:04:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"274-002","nextCode":"274-004","tapeTranscriptFile":"274a.mp3,274b.mp3,274c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":260.5,"end":260.5,"text":"I don't know where we are, but there are so many good ideas that you never know."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":260.5,"end":260.5,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to an unidentified individual. The brief exchange reflects the President's ongoing efforts to reach out to various contacts regarding potential policy ideas. No specific action items or substantive decisions were recorded beyond the logistical coordination of the communication.","topics":["White House operator","Communication logistics","Presidential outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:42:54.190Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","communication-logistics","presidential-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"274a.mp3","bytes":117426885,"durationSec":7339.1,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"274b.mp3","bytes":117699812,"durationSec":7356.16,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"274c.mp3","bytes":70238039,"durationSec":4389.8,"bitrate":128002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/274a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/274b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/274c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/274-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/274/conversation-274-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}