{"conversationCode":"274-006","tapeNumber":274,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-274-006","startDateTime":"1971-08-16T18:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-16T18:43:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1971","startTime":"2:43 PM","endDate":"16-Aug-1971","endTime":"2:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 2:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-006 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. 274-6\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: 2:43 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to William L. Safire","filename":["274-006-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:51","tapeEnd":"00:09:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"274-005","nextCode":"274-007","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief communication through the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The primary purpose of this interaction was to establish a direct line of contact with presidential speechwriter William L. Safire. No further discussion or substantive policy deliberations occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["William L. Safire","White House communications","Presidential correspondence","Speechwriting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:43:10.774Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-safire","white-house-communications","presidential-correspondence","speechwriting"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"274-006-splice.mp3","bytes":539211,"durationSec":33.67,"bitrate":128109,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:01.283Z","originalFilename":["274a.mp3","274b.mp3","274c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["274a.mp3"],"cutStart":1035.81,"cutEnd":1069.5,"adjustedStart":1035.81,"adjustedEnd":1069.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:01.283Z"},"transcript":[{"start":509.26,"end":510.6,"text":"Great, great, great."},{"start":511.28,"end":512,"text":"Okay, John, thank you."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":509,"end":561,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/274-006-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/274-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/274/conversation-274-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}